21Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.


In Context

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

Colossians 3:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger,] lest they be discouraged.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:21the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.