Colossians 3:21

21Fathers,3:21 Or Parents do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

21Fathers, do not 3:21 Or provoke to angerantagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

21Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

21Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken].

21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

21Fathers, don’t make your children bitter. If you do, they will lose hope.