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


In Context

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

19 Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.

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

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

22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:21Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become 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 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.