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So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as to give the adversary no occasion to revile us.

someone who is blameless, married only once, whose children are believers, not accused of debauchery and not rebellious.

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

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I and the children whom God has given me."

Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children— "My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him;

Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?

If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children.

Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance.

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Children, it is the last hour! As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we know that it is the last hour.

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.