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Ephesians 6:4

4 aFathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bbring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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Ephesians 6:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Fathers, do not make your children angry, but raise them with the training and teaching of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Fathers, don’t make your children bitter about life. Instead, bring them up in Christian discipline and instruction. 

Ephesians 6:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Fathers, don’t make your children angry. Instead, train them and teach them the ways of the Lord as you raise them.


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