Efesus 6:4

6:4 Fathers, ¹  do not provoke your children to anger, ²  but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Efesus 6:9

6:9 Masters, ³  treat your slaves ⁴  the same way, ⁵  giving up the use of threats, ⁶  because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, ⁷  and there is no favoritism with him.

[6:4]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “Parents” (so TEV, CEV). The plural οἱ πατέρες (Joi patere", “fathers”) can be used to refer to both the male and female parent (BDAG 786 s.v. πατήρ 1.b).

[6:4]  ² tn Or “do not make your children angry.” BDAG 780 s.v. παροργίζω states “make angry.” The Greek verb in Col 3:21 is a different one with a slightly different nuance.

[6:9]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:9]  ⁴ tn Though the Greek text only has αὐτούς (autous, “them”), the antecedent is the slaves of the masters. Therefore, it was translated this way to make it explicit in English.

[6:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “do the same things to them.”

[6:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “giving up the threat.”

[6:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “because of both they and you, the Lord is, in heaven…”