Key Verse Spotlight
Colossians 3:21 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.”
Colossians 3:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.
Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.
Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
And whatsoever ye do, do {it} heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
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