Ephesians 6:4
“And yee fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in the nourture and admonition of the Lord.”
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Ephesians 6:4 Context
2Honour thy father and mother, (which is the first commandement with promise,) 3That it may bee well with thee, and thou maiest liue long on the earth. 4And yee fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in the nourture and admonition of the Lord. 5Seruants, bee obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with feare and trembling, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christ: 6Not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart:
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And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
- King James Version
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- New American Standard Version (1995)