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For it is written,Isaiah 54:1;">[xr] "Rejoice, you childless woman, who cannot give birth to any children! Break into song and shout, you who feel no pains of childbirth! For the children of the deserted woman are more numerous than the children of the woman who has a husband."Isaiah 54:1">[fn]

So you,we">[fn] brothers, are children of the promise, like Isaac.Acts 3:25; Romans 9:8; Galatians 3:29;">[xr]

So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.John 8:36; Galatians 5:1,13;">[xr]

Indeed, all of us once behaved likelived among">[fn] them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we deserved wrath,were children of wrath">[fn] just like everyone else.Psalm 51:5; Romans 5:12,14; Galatians 5:16; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 4:3;">[xr]

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.Isaiah 28:9; Matthew 11:7; Romans 16:18; 1 Corinthians 14:20; 2 Corinthians 2:17; Hebrews 13:9;">[xr]

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; Luke 16:8; John 8:12; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:21; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 4:6; Ephesians 2:11-12; 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 2:9;">[xr]

Children, obey your parents in the Lord,in the Lord">[fn] for this is the right thing to do.Proverbs 23:22; Colossians 3:20;">[xr]

Fathers, do not make your children angry, but bring them up in the trainingdiscipline">[fn] and instruction of the Lord.Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9; 11:19; Psalm 78:4; Proverbs 19:18; 22:6; 29:17; Colossians 3:21;">[xr]

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the worldDeuteronomy 32:5; Matthew 5:14,16, 45; Ephesians 5:1,8, 45; 1 Peter 2:12;">[xr]

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.Ephesians 5:24; 6:1; Titus 2:9;">[xr]

Fathers, do not make your children resentful, lest they become discouraged.Ephesians 6:4;">[xr]

even though as apostles of Christ we might have made such demands. Instead, we were gentleinfants">[fn] among you, like a nursing mother tenderly caring for her own children.1 Corinthians 2:3; 9:22; 2 Corinthians 13:4; 2 Timothy 2:24;">[xr]

You know very well that we treated each of you the way a father treatstreats">[fn] his children.

For all of you are children of light and children of day. We do not belong to the night or to darkness.Ephesians 5:8;">[xr]

However, womenshe">[fn] will be saved by having children,saved through the birth of the Child">[fn] if they continue to have faith, love, and holiness, along with good judgment.modesty">[fn]

He must manage his own family well and have children who are submissive and respectful in every way.Titus 1:6;">[xr]

Deacons must be husbands of one wifedevoted to their wives; lit. men of one woman">[fn] and must manage their children and their families well.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to respect their own family by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing in God's sight.Genesis 45:10-11; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:3;">[xr]

She must be well known for her good works as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints' feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.Genesis 18:4; 19:2; Luke 7:38,44; John 13:5,14; Acts 16:15; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9;">[xr]

Therefore, I want younger widows to remarry, have children, manage their homes, and not give the enemy any chance to ridicule them.1 Corinthians 7:9; 1 Timothy 6:1; Titus 2:8;">[xr]