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Colossians 3:21 KJV
Colossians · chapter 3 · verse 21
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.Colossians 3:21 · King James Version
Colossians 3:21 in context
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
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Key words (Strong's)
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- Fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- provokeerethizōto stir up, excite, stimulate, to provokeG2042 →
- lesthina mēlest, that... notG3363 →
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The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to relative duties, as before in the epistle to the Ephesians. The epistles which are most taken up in displaying the glory of divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular and distinct in pressing the duties of the several relations.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-25