Dads

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying, — read the full passage →

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten? — read the full passage →

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him; — read the full passage →

and I will be to you for a Father, and ye--ye shall be to Me for sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.'

`And having risen, he went unto his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell upon his neck and kissed him;

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;

if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

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

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf--a stone will he present to him? — read the full passage →

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, — read the full passage →

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; — read the full passage →

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father--he did declare.

and to God, even our Father, <FI>is<Fi> the glory--to the ages of the ages. Amen.

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

`Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

and whatever ye may ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish--to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; — read the full passage →

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name,

`But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who <FI>is<Fi> in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; — read the full passage →

The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with <FI>them<Fi> , according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel--to the wife--imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

and I will ask the Father, and another Comforter He will give to you, that he may remain with you--to the age;

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.'

`But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face, — read the full passage →

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

honour thy father and mother,

one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

let all your things be done in love.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →