Husbands and Fathers are an important theme in Ephesians 5 and 6 here is a list of verses where the Apostle Paul mentions them:
Ephesians 5:22-23
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body
Ephesians 5:25
25 Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:33
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Ephesians 6:1
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Ephesians 6:4
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Eph 5:22–6:4.
The father bears primary responsibility as head of the household (5:23). nurture. Training and discipline. admonition. Teaching with appeals for action (1 Thess. 2:11–12).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1711.
Ver. 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, &c.] Neither by words; by unjust and unreasonable commands; by contumelious and reproachful language; by frequent and public chidings, and by indiscreet and passionate expressions: nor by deeds; preferring one to another; by denying them the necessaries of life; by not allowing them proper recreation; by severe and cruel blows, and inhuman usage; by not giving them suitable education; by an improper disposal of them in marriage; and by profusely spending their estates, and leaving nothing to them: not but that parents may, and ought to correct and rebuke their children; nor are they accountable to them for their conduct; yet they should take care not to provoke them to wrath, because this alienates their minds from them, and renders their instructions and corrections useless, and puts them upon sinful practices; wrath lets in Satan, and leads to sin against God; and indeed it is difficult in the best of men to be angry and not sin; see Col. 3:21. Fathers are particularly mentioned, they being the heads of families, and are apt to be too severe, as mothers too indulgent. But bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; instructing them in the knowledge of divine things, setting them good examples, taking care to prevent their falling into bad company, praying with them, and for them, bringing them into the house of God, under the means of grace, to attend publio worship; all which, under a divine blessing, may be very useful to them: the example of Abraham is worthy of imitation, Gen. 18:19 and the advice of the wise man deserves attention, Prov. 22:6.
John Gill, An Exposition of the New Testament, vol. 3, The Baptist Commentary Series (London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809), 107–108.
SERMONS
Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord
by John Piper, JUNE 19, 2005, Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–4 Topic: Husbands & Fathers
Sermon by J. Ligon Duncan on September 24, 2006 — Ephesians 6:4
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