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Colossians 3

Col. 3:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fathers
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pater (Greek #3962)
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV usage: father, parent.
Pronounce: pat-ayr'
Origin: apparently a primary word
, provoke
erethizo (Greek #2042)
to stimulate (especially to anger)
KJV usage: provoke.
Pronounce: er-eth-id'-zo
Origin: from a presumed prolonged form of 2054
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
your
humon (Greek #5216)
of (from or concerning) you
KJV usage: ye, you, your (own, -selves).
Pronounce: hoo-mone'
Origin: genitive case of 5210
children
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
teknon (Greek #5043)
a child (as produced)
KJV usage: child, daughter, son.
Pronounce: tek'-non
Origin: from the base of 5098
to anger, lest
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
they be discouraged
athumeo (Greek #120)
to be spiritless, i.e. disheartened
KJV usage: be dismayed.
Pronounce: ath-oo-meh'-o
Origin: from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and 2372
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 103:13• 13As a father pitieth his children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. (Psa. 103:13)
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Prov. 3:12• 12for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. (Prov. 3:12)
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Prov. 4:1‑4• 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
 2for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
 3For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
 4And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live. (Prov. 4:1‑4)
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Eph. 6:4• 4And ye fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4)
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1 Thess. 2:11• 11as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify, (1 Thess. 2:11)
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Heb. 12:5‑11• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
 6for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
 7Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
 8But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
 10For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.
 11But no chastening at the time seems to be matter of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it. (Heb. 12:5‑11)
• Fathers, gentle, in order that the children’s affections may not be estranged from them and that they may not be induced to seek that happiness in the world which they ought to find in the sanctuary of the domestic circle, which God has formed as a safeguard for those who are growing up in weakness; the precious home (if Christ is acknowledged) of kind affections, in which the heart is trained in the ties which God Himself has formed. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The fathers are not to make unreasonable demands on their children whereby they “vex” them and they become “disheartened.” (“Christ Expressed in the Family Circle: Colossians 3:18-21” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.

W. Kelly Translation

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Fathers, do not irritate your children, that they be not discouraged.