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Ephesians 6:4 — And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them…
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
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The verses around Ephesians 6:4.
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;
Verse explanation
Paul balances the demand for children’s obedience by asking fathers not to provoke their children to wrath through excessive harshness, but to raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
From the Ephesians 6 study in Bible in Stories.
Ephesians 6:4 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E vós, paes, não provoqueis a ira a vossos filhos, mas creae-os na doutrina e admoestação do Senhor.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Pais, não provoqueis à ira os vossos filhos, mas criai-os na disciplina e correção do Senhor.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Padres, no enojen a sus hijos, sino cuiden de ellos, disciplinándolos e instruyéndolos acerca de Dios.
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In other languages: Português (Efésios 6:4) · Español (Efesios 6:4)
More verses about family
- Joshua 24:15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods…
- Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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