Ephesians 6:4 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-4

Children and parents. Christianity purifies and elevates family life. It is supremely natural, orderly, and reasonable in the treatment of domestic affairs. We meet with frequent allusions to families and households in the New Testament. The order and health of the home are clearly recognized as of primary importance. This is seen in the treatment of parental relations. I. THE DUTIES OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS . 1. The duties . 2. The grounds on which these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:4

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. "Fathers" is inclusive of mothers, to whom the practical administration of the household and training of the children so much belong. The first counsel on the subject is negative, and probably has respect to a common pagan habit, against which Christians needed to be put on their guard. Irritation of children was common, through loss of temper and violence in reproving them, through capricious and unsteady treatment and unreasonable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:4

Duties of parents. They are here summarily expressed, first in a negative and then in a positive form. I. THERE MUST BE INSTRUCTION . "Train up a child in the way he should go." Parents must not suffer them to grow up without instruction, as Rousseau suggested, because not to teach religion is to teach impiety and infidelity; not to teach truth is to teach error. 1. In what principles? 2. In what manner? II. THERE MUST BE DISCIPLINE . 1. Children... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:4

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 show parents that their commands should be such that they can be easily obeyed, or such as are entirely reasonable and proper. If children are required to “obey,” it is but reasonable that the commands of the parent should be such that they can be obeyed, or such that the child shall not be... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 6:1-4

Ephesians 6:1-4. 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 account of relative duties. Children, obey your parents Even your unbelieving parents, in every thing consistent with your duty to the Lord. In all things lawful, the will of the parent is a law to the child: for this is right Manifestly just and reasonable. Honour That... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-9

Christian relationships (5:21-6:9)People can have good relations with one another only as they consider one another. When they insist on their rights without considering others, they only destroy harmony and fellowship (21).In the next section Paul illustrates this principle in certain family and social relationships. In 5:22-33 he considers the the case of husbands and wives, in 6:1-4 the case of parents and children, and in 6:5-9 the case of masters and servants. In union with Christ, people... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 6:4

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 Timothy 3:16 . Hebrews 12:5 , Hebrews 12:7 , Hebrews 12:8 , Hebrews 12:11 . admonition . Greek. nouthesia. Only here; 1 Timothy 3:10; 1 Timothy 3:10 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 6:4

And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.In this matter of making basic human obligations to be reciprocal rather than limited to the ones required to obey, the Christian religion swept away the whole philosophy of pre-Christian ages. In Ephesians 5:25, Paul laid it upon husbands that they must love their wives, even as Christ loved the church enough to die for it! Here he confronted parents, fathers particularly, with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 6:4

Ephesians 6:4. 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 excite them to such a secret indignation, as may make it difficult for them to restrain those expressions of wrath, which, in such a relation, would be very indecent: and, among other evil consequences of such a conduct, there is great reason also to conclude, that it would... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:4

4. fathers—including mothers; the fathers are specified as being the fountains of domestic authority. Fathers are more prone to passion in relation to their children than mothers, whose fault is rather over-indulgence. provoke not—irritate not, by vexatious commands, unreasonable blame, and uncertain temper [ALFORD]. :-, "lest they be discouraged." nurture—Greek, "discipline," namely, training by chastening in act where needed (Job 5:17; Hebrews 12:7). admonition—training by words (Deuteronomy... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 6:1-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 6:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 6:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 6:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:4

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