Loving Your Son

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture 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 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 →

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

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

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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

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

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:

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 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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 →

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

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

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

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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

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

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing 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 born of God, and knoweth God.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

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 mankind,

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:

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

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, 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 the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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 charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Honour 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 for it;

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

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

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

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

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the 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 him, because he first loved us.

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

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

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;