Colossians 3:21 Cross References

Colossians 3:21

21: Fathers, don't aggravate your children. If you do, they will become discouraged and quit trying.

My children, listen to me. Listen to your father's instruction. Pay attention and grow wise,
for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my teaching.
For I, too, was once my father's son, tenderly loved by my mother as an only child.
My father told me, "Take my words to heart. Follow my instructions and you will live.

And now a word to you fathers. Don't make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.

For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

And have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, his children? He said, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you.
For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children."
As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?
If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all.
Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?

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