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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• 13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. (Psa. 103:13)
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Prov. 3:12• 12For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; 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 understanding.
 2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
 3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. (Prov. 4:1‑4)
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Eph. 6:4• 4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4)
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1 Thess. 2:11• 11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, (1 Thess. 2:11)
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Heb. 12:5‑11• 5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
 6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
 7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
 10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
 11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. (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.