Colossians 3:21

Fathers, ¹  do not provoke ²  your children, so they will not become disheartened.

Ps 103:13; Pr 3:12; Pr 4:1-4; Eph 6:4; 1Th 2:11; Heb 12:5-11

¹ tn Or perhaps “Parents.” The plural οἱ πατέρες (Joi patere", “fathers”) can be used to refer to both the male and female parent (BDAG 786 s.v. πατήρ 1.a).

² tn Or “do not cause your children to become resentful” (L&N 88.168). BDAG 391 s.v. ἐρεθίζω states, “to cause someone to react in a way that suggests acceptance of a challenge, arouse, provoke mostly in bad sense irritate, embitter.”