Loving Your Son

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

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

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

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; — read the full passage →

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

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

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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

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

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

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

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions, — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

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

But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. — read the full passage →

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

and above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness.

withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

We love, because he first loved us.

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;