Motherhood

But say the things which fit sound doctrine, — read the full passage →

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” — read the full passage →

I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. — read the full passage →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

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

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, — read the full passage →

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

but she will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us.

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

‘Honor your father and mother.’And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”