3:18 Wives, submit to your ¹  husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord. 3:21 Fathers, ²  do not provoke ³  your children, so they will not become disheartened.