Ephesians 6:4 — Community Reflections

EPHESIANS 6:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

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

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord — the paternal duty: pateres, mē parorgizō ('fathers, do not provoke to anger') ta tekna hymōn ('your children'), instead ektrephō ('bring up,' 'nourish') en paideia ('in training,' discipline) kai nouthesia ('and instruction,' correction) kyriou ('of the Lord'), a corrective balance.

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