Colossians 3:21

21 patres nolite ad indignationem provocare filios vestros ut non pusillo animo fiant

Colossians 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.

Colossians 3:21 In-Context

19 viri diligite uxores et nolite amari esse ad illas

20 filii oboedite parentibus per omnia hoc enim placitum est in Domino

21 patres nolite ad indignationem provocare filios vestros ut non pusillo animo fiant

22 servi oboedite per omnia dominis carnalibus non ad oculum servientes quasi hominibus placentes sed in simplicitate cordis timentes Dominum

23 quodcumque facitis ex animo operamini sicut Domino et non hominibus