Unruly Children

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

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

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

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

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

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.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

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

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

My little children, let’s not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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

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

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

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.

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

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,

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them. — read the full passage →

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.