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Ephesians 6:4 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 6 · verse 4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.Ephesians 6:4 · King James Version
What Ephesians 6:4 means
A negative and a positive. Provoke not assumes fathers can, and names the result: wrath. Then the replacement — nurture and admonition, training and correction held together. Paul gives this four verses after telling the children to obey.
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Ephesians 6:4 in context
2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 3:21
- Proverbs 22:6
- Proverbs 29:15
- Proverbs 19:18
- Deuteronomy 6:7
- 2 Timothy 3:15
- Proverbs 29:17
- Proverbs 23:13-14
Key words (Strong's)
- admonitionnouthesiaadmonition, exhortationG3559 →
- 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 →
- provokeparorgizōto rouse to wrath, to provoke, exasperate, angerG3949 →
- nurturepaideiathe whole training and education of children It also includes the training and care of…G3809 →
- bringektrephōto nourish up to maturity, to nourish, to nurture, bring upG1625 →
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Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular. I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9