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for you know that we treated each one of you the way a father treats his children —

He must manage his own household well, having children who obey him with all proper respect;

Let the shammashim each be faithful to his wife, managing his children and household well.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, first let them learn to do their religious duty to their own family and thus repay some of the debt they owe their forebears, for this is what is acceptable in the sight of God.

and is known for her good deeds — as one who has reared her children well, showed hospitality, washed the feet of God's people, helped those in trouble, and engaged in all kinds of good work.

Therefore, I would rather the young widows get married, have children and take charge of their homes, so as to give the opposition no occasion for slandering us.

A leader must be blameless, husband to one wife, with believing children who do not have a reputation for being wild or rebellious.

thus training the younger women to love their husbands and children,

Also, "I will put my trust in him, . . ." and then it goes on, "Here I am, along with the children God has given me."

Therefore, since the children share a common physical nature as human beings, he became like them and shared that same human nature; so that by his death he might render ineffective the one who had power over death (that is, the Adversary)

My children, I am writing you these things so that you won't sin. But if anyone does sin, we have Yeshua the Messiah, the Tzaddik, who pleads our cause with the Father.

You children, I am writing you because your sins have been forgiven for his sake.

You children, I have written you because you have known the Father. You fathers, I have written you because you have known him who has existed from the beginning. You young people, I have written you because you are strong — the Word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the Evil One.

Children, this is the Last Hour. You have heard that an Anti-Messiah is coming; and in fact, many anti-Messiahs have arisen now — which is how we know that this is the Last Hour.

And now, children, remain united with him; so that when he appears, we may have confidence and not shrink back from him in shame at his coming.

See what love the Father has lavished on us in letting us be called God's children! For that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it has not known him.

Dear friends, we are God's children now; and it has not yet been made clear what we will become. We do know that when he appears, we will be like him; because we will see him as he really is.

Children, don't let anyone deceive you — it is the person that keeps on doing what is right who is righteous, just as God is righteous.

Here is how one can distinguish clearly between God's children and those of the Adversary: everyone who does not continue doing what is right is not from God. Likewise, anyone who fails to keep loving his brother is not from God.

Children, let us love not with words and talk, but with actions and in reality!