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Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 · King James Version
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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
You fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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In context
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
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