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NASB | Ephesians 6:4 ¶ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 6:4 ¶ Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
Subject: How should fathers treat their children? |
Bible Note: Scripture ... Pro 13:24, Heb 12:6, Rev 3:19 ... Love and discipline go hand-in-hand. If I do not discipline my children, I hate them. Pro 13:24 He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. Heb 12:6 FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." Rev 3:19 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Searcher |