Fatherhood

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

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

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

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. — read the full passage →

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? — 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.

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

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

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.

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

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; — read the full passage →

But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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

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.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

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

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. — read the full passage →

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — read the full passage →

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; — read the full passage →

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

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 →

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?