Study Desk

It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with Christ Jesus.

to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children.

To show that you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, "Father, my Father."

So then, you are no longer a slave but a child. And since you are his child, God will give you all that he has for his children.

My dear children! Once again, just like a mother in childbirth, I feel the same kind of pain for you until Christ's nature is formed in you.

These things can be understood as a figure: the two women represent two covenants. The one whose children are born in slavery is Hagar, and she represents the covenant made at Mount Sinai.

For the scripture says, "Be happy, you childless woman! Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her."

Now, you, my friends, are God's children as a result of his promise, just as Isaac was.

So then, my friends, we are not the children of a slave woman but of a free woman.

God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose.

Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.

Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.

Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do.

Parents, do not treat your children in such a way as to make them angry. Instead, raise them with Christian discipline and instruction.

so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

Children, it is your Christian duty to obey your parents always, for that is what pleases God.

Parents, do not irritate your children, or they will become discouraged.

even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.

You know that we treated each one of you just as parents treat their own children.

But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.