What does Ephesians 6:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
Verse Ephesians 6:4. _FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH_] Avoid all _severity_; this will hurt your own souls, and do them no good; on the contrary, if punished with _severity_ or _cruelty_,...
AND YE FATHERS - A command addressed particularly to “fathers,” because they are at the head of the family, and its government is especially committed to them. The object of the apostle here is, to sh...
4. MANIFESTATION IN THE FAMILY-RELATIONSHIP Chapter S 5:22-6:4 _ 1. Wives representative of the Church (Ephesians 5:22)_ 2. Husbands representative of Christ (Ephesians 5:25) 3. The mystery: conce...
Children must obey their parents as a matter of Christian dutyHonour thy father and thy mother, etc., is both a dictate of righteousness and an injunction of primary importance; and moreover it carrie...
Children, obey your parents as Christian children should. Honour your father and your mother for this is the first commandment to which a promise is attached that it may be well with you, and that you...
YE _=_ the. PROVOKE... TO WRATH. See Romans 10:19. BRING... UP. nurture. As in Ephesians 5:29. Compare 2 Timothy 3:15. IN THE NURTURE. with (Greek. _en)_ discipline. Greek. _paideia._ Only here; 2 T...
_fathers_ We may equally well render, PARENTS. Moses" parents are called (Hebrews 11:23, Gr.) his _fathers_. The expression is found in the classics, Greek and Latin. The father is the head of authori...
Ephesians 6:1-4. PARENTS AND CHILDREN...
ΠΑΡΟΡΓΊΖΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΑΡΟΡΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3949) злить, раздражать. Это значит избегать отношения, слов и действий, которые могли бы довести ребенка до состояния злого отчаяния или горечи; так...
YE FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN, &C.— _"Ye fathers, be careful not to exasperate your children,_ by an overbearing and tyrannical behaviour; by rigorous severity; lest by this means you should e...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 6:1-9) C. Subject yourselves one to another. Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9 3. Children and fathers. Ephesians 6:1-4 a. Children to obey. Ephesians 6:...
Now, pay special note that there are no instructions here for mothers. This is because the father is the head of the family and is in the position of authority over his wife and the children. God hold...
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. AND - superiors also have duties to the inferiors. FATHERS - including mothers. Th...
__ The Joint Body-In the Lord 32 There are three secrets in Ephesians: the secret of Christ (Eph_1:9), the secret administration (Eph_3:9) and the secret of marriage, here referred to. The physical...
RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 6 6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord has...
VI. (4_ b_.) In Ephesians 6:1. St. Paul passes from the detailed exposition of the true relation of husbands and wives, to deal with the relation of parents and children, far more cursorily and simpl...
CHAPTER 27 THE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD Ephesians 6:1 THE Christian family is the cradle and the fortress of the Christian faith. Here its virtues shine most brightly; and by this channel its influence...
Other relative duties those of parents and children. With this the concise paragraph in Colossians 3:20-21 is specially to be compared....
CHILDREN AND PARENTS; SERVANTS AND MASTERS Ephesians 6:1 Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life. The love of Christ must find its manifestation in nursery and in kitch...
The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...
Duties of Fathers To facilitate the child's obedience, Paul commands fathers not to provoke their children to wrath. Discipline is an important part of the parent/child relationship (Hebrews 12:5-11)...
(6) And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and (c) admonition of the Lord. (6) It is the duty of fathers to use their fatherly authority moderately and...
(1) В¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest l...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
_PARENTAL OBLIGATION_ ‘Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.’ Ephesians 6:4 In the struggles which take place over what is to...
I. INTRODUCTION A. In the last 2 studies, we discovered what the Lord expects from a Christian wife and a Christian husband. 1. In this whole 6-part study on Christian Behavior, we have learned the...
4._And, ye fathers. _Parents, on the other hand, are exhorted not to irritate their children by unreasonable severity. This would excite hatred, and would lead them to throw off the yoke altogether. A...
But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...
AND YE FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH,.... Neither by words; by unjust and, unreasonable commands; by contumelious and reproachful language; by frequent and public chidings, and by indisc...
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ver. 4. _Provoke not, &c._] God forbids bitterness and austerity in husbands, Colossi...
The apostle, having explained the duties of wives and husbands, proceeds to the duties of children and parents, and then to those of servants, or slaves rather, and masters, with which he finishes his...
PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN; give them no just occasion to be angry or to feel as if they were injured. As the highest good of children in this life and the life to come requires them, in all things rig...
THE DUTIES OF CHILDREN, OF PARENTS, OF SERVANTS. A word to children and parents:...
PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. False...
CHAPTER 6 ______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it is __________. Children are to __________ their p...
“AND, YE FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH: BUT NURTURE THEM IN THE CHASTENING AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD” “And”: “On the other hand, parents must show themselves worthy to be obeyed. ‘Chil...
1-4 The great duty of children is, to obey their parents. That obedience includes inward reverence, as well as outward acts, and in every age prosperity has attended those distinguished for obedience...
PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH; viz. by unreasonable severity, moroseness, unrighteous commands, &c. BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE NURTURE; or correction, as the word signifies, HEBREWS 12:6. AND ADMON...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians For they entered into these marriages not for the sake of appetite, but out of regard for the propagation of mankind. Fathers, "bring up your children in the...
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‘And you fathers, do not provoke your children to anger. But nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.' The Christian father will seek to be scrupulously fair and will not deliberate...
2. _Christian Duties of Children and Parents._ These exhortations naturally follow those of the last section and rest, as the previous ones do, upon the common relation to the Lord. For the children...
PROVOKE NOT TO ANGER (μη παροργιζετε). Rare compound, both N.T. examples (here and Romans 10:19) are quotations from the LXX. The active, as here, has a causative sense. Parallel in sense with μη ε...
Ephesians 6:1 Children and Parents. I. St. Paul assumes that the life of children may be a life in Christ. Children are to obey their parents in the Lord, and parents are to nurture their children in...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God. Ephesians 6:2. _Honour thy father and mother; which is the first com...
CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...
PARENTS. "Do not make your children bitter and hostile by your harsh and unreasonable treatment of them! (See Colossians 3:21) Be gentle in your punishment and teach them in love, because of your reve...
_Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ PARENTS AND CHILDREN I. Duties of children to parents. 1. Children owe to their parents an inward affection and regard. Their obedience...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:4 FATHERS. As earlier, Paul describes a negative action to avoid, then gives a positive action to develop (see note on 4:29). Paul addresses fathers in particular, though...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 6:1. CHILDREN, OBEY.—Until the days of discretion arrive this is the grace of childhood. If through obedience the child errs, the responsibility of that is...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ, this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυ...
Now parent-child relationships, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly and if your parents...
1 Chronicles 22:10; 1 Chronicles 28:10; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 1 Samuel 20:30; 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:15; Colossi
Nurture and admonition [π α ι δ ε ι α κ α ι ν ο υ θ ε σ ι α]. Pav deia from paiv a child. In classical usage, that which is applied to train and educate a Child. So Plato : "Education [π α ι δ ε ι α]...
THE CHRISTIAN HOME Ephesians 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It was the Apostle Paul who, in the Spirit, said, "Grace * * hath appeared teaching us that * * we should live soberly, righteously and godly....
And, ye fathers — Mothers are included; but fathers are named, as being more apt to be stern and severe. Provoke not your children to wrath — Do not needlessly fret or exasperate them. But bring them...
Here the duty of both parents to their children is laid down. Where note, 1. The apostle's dehortation, or negative precept, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN TO WRATH, that is, Be not too severe towards the...