Being A Father

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. — read the full passage →

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, — read the full passage →

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →

The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? — read the full passage →

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.