You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →
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, — read the full passage →
But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died. — read the full passage →
Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. — read the full passage →
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →
“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him. — read the full passage →
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.” — read the full passage →
But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.” — read the full passage →
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith. — read the full passage →
Whoever remains in him doesn’t sin. Whoever sins hasn’t seen him, neither knows him. — read the full passage →
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; — read the full passage →
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all; — read the full passage →
But every woman praying or prophesying with her head unveiled dishonors her head. For it is one and the same thing as if she were shaved. — read the full passage →
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