Colossians 3:21
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- 21 Or perhaps “Parents.” The plural οἱ πατέρες (hoi pateres, “fathers”) can be used to refer to both the male and female parent ( πατήρ 1.a).
- 22 Or “do not cause your children to become resentful” (L&N 88.168). ἐρεθίζω states, “to cause someone to react in a way that suggests acceptance of a challenge, arouse, provoke mostly in bad sense irritate, embitter.”
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Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
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Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they won’t become discouraged.
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Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.
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Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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