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Colossians 3:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Colossians 3:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Colossians 3:21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Colossians 3:21
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
21 Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]
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Colossians 3:21
King James Version
Colossians 3:21
King James Version
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Colossians 3:21
New American Standard Bible
Colossians 3:21
New American Standard Bible
21 (A)Fathers, do not [a]antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.
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- Colossians 3:21 Or provoke to anger
Colossians 3:21
New International Version
Colossians 3:21
New International Version
21 Fathers,[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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- Colossians 3:21 Or Parents
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