Kolose 3:7

3:7 You also lived your lives ¹  in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

Kolose 3:19

3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Kolose 3:21

3:21 Fathers, ²  do not provoke ³  your children, so they will not become disheartened.

[3:7]  ¹ tn Grk “you also walked.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is commonly used in the NT to refer to behavior or conduct of one’s life (L&N 41.11).

[3:21]  ² tn Or perhaps “Parents.” 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.a).

[3:21]  ³ tn Or “do not cause your children to become resentful” (L&N 88.168). BDAG 391 s.v. ἐρεθίζω states, “to cause someone to react in a way that suggests acceptance of a challenge, arouse, provoke mostly in bad sense irritate, embitter.”