4And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.


In Context

1 The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

2 honour thy father and mother,

3 which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

4 And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

5 The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

6 not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

Ephesians 6:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.