Colossians 3:21

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Fathers, provoke not - See the notes on Ephesians 6:4.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fathers, provoke not ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:4 . Lest they be discouraged - Lest, by your continually finding fault with them, they should...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(13) Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged. (13) Of parents, that they are gentle towards their children.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lest they be discouraged — Which may occasion their turning either desperate or stupid.

²¹ Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Related Commentaries of Colossians 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Colossians 3:21