“ Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. ”
Fathers, provoke not ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:4 . Lest they be discouraged - Lest, by your continually finding fault with them, they should lose all courage, and despair of ever pleasing you...
(13) Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged. (13) Of parents, that they are gentle towards their children.
Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1 . Certain Duties Interpreted in Relation to Christ. Cf. Ephesians 5:22-33 *. Col. omits the simile of Christ and the Church. A reason is given why fathers...
provoke . See 2 Corinthians 9:2 . lest . in order that (Greek. hina)... not (App-105). be discouraged . have their spirit broken. Greek. athumeo. Only here.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger , lest they be discouraged. Fathers, provoke not - See the notes on Ephesians 6:4 .
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 'Irritate not' х erethizete ( G2042 )]. So...
The Christian's Risen Life and the Duties it entails 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. Paraphrase ] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only...
[ 6. Special Exhortation as to the relations of life. (1) THE DUTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS ( Colossians 3:18-19 ). (2) THE DUTY OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS ( Colossians 3:20-21 ). (3) THE DUTY OF...
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The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must b...
(18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. (19) Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (20) Children, obey your parents in all things: for thi...
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger ,.... Ephesians 6:4 . lest they be discouraged ; or disheartened and dispirited; their spirits be broke through grief and trouble, and they become ind...
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger , lest they be discouraged. Ver. 21. Provoke not your children ] See Trapp on " Eph 6:4 " Lest they be discouraged] αθυμωσιν, dispirited, and...
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CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on th...
Relative Duties. A. D. 62. 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit...
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger: and to moderate the parental authority, that they may exercise it Christianly, he allows not parents to do that which is in a direct tendency to irritat...
‘Fathers (or ‘parents'), do not provoke (or ‘irritate') your children, so that they are not discouraged.' ‘Fathers'. The word means ‘parents' in Hebrews 11:23 , so could mean that here. ‘Do not pro...
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Colossians 3:1-2 . If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth....
Colossians 3:1 . If ye then be risen with Christ, above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20 , live in conformity to your hope, by seeking those things that are ab...
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The conduct of Christians in various stations in life:
1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; Ephesians 6:4 ; Hebrews 12:5-11 ; Proverbs 3:12 ; Proverbs 4:1-4 ; Psalms 103:13
Practical Christian Living Colossians 3:15-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. 2. The call of God to the Church, His Body. 3. Be ye thankful. 4. Let t...
Lest they be discouraged — Which may occasion their turning either desperate or stupid.