Motherhood

But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine: — read the full passage →

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

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

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold, thy son! — read the full passage →

Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in thee; which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and, I am persuaded, in thee also.

to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:

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

And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, — read the full passage →

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

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, 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 thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

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

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

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

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.

These things therefore the soldiers did. 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, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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;

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

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power and love and discipline.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

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

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

but she shall be saved through her child-bearing, if they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety.

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.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

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

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

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

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.

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

We love, because he first loved us.

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

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 →

Honor thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.