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AndΚαὶfathers,οἱ πατέρεςdo notμὴprovoke to angerπαροργίζετεyour children,τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶνbutἀλλὰbring them upἐκτρέφετε αὐτὰinἐνthe disciplineπαιδείᾳandκαὶinstructionνουθεσίᾳof the Lord.κυρίου
Ephesians 6:4
Study it in the app“And fathers, do not provoke to anger your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
Paul repeats the commandment and also speaks to fathersParents and Children
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 6:4, word by word
- fathersπατέρεςpateres
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “pateres” appears- provoke to angerπαροργίζετεparorgizete
make angry
Provoke to anger, make angry.
Where else “parorgizete” appears- your childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears- bring them upἐκτρέφετεektrephete
bring up
To raise children until they are grown.
Where else “ektrephete” appears- the disciplineπαιδείᾳpaideiai
train
Raising a child: teaching and correcting.
Where else “paideiai” appears- instructionνουθεσίᾳnouthesiai
warning, instruction
Warning, instruction that corrects.
Where else “nouthesiai” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears
The context
3so that it may go well with you and you may live long on the earth.
4 · This verse (above)
5Slaves, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to the Messiah,
To study Ephesians 6 in a group
1. What it says
What instructions does Paul give to children and to parents (v. 1-4)?
2. What it means
Paul describes God's armor piece by piece (v. 13-17). Why do you think he uses this image, and what does each piece stand for?
3. How I live it
Paul asks for prayer at all times and for all the saints (v. 18). Whom will you pray for today, and at what moment of the day?