Kehillah in Colossae 3:21

21 Avot, do not provoke your yeladim, lest they be disheartened.

Kehillah in Colossae 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger
(See Gill on Ephesians 6:4).

lest they be discouraged;
or disheartened and dispirited; their spirits be broke through grief and trouble, and they become indolent, sluggish, and unfit for business; or, despairing of having any share in the affections of their parents, disregard their commands, instructions, and corrections, and grow obdurate, stubborn, and rebellious.

Kehillah in Colossae 3:21 In-Context

19 Ba’alim, have ahavah for your nashim and do not be bitter against them.

20 Yeladim, obey your horim (parents) in all things, for this is well pleasing in Adoneinu.

21 Avot, do not provoke your yeladim, lest they be disheartened.

22 Avadim (servants), each of you obey in all things your adon according to the basar, not with eye service as pleasers of Bnei Adam, but with tom lev, with yirat Shomayim.

23 Whatever you do, be po’alim (workers) who with their neshamah work facing Adoneinu and not Bnei Adam,