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So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16">[xr] Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged [fn] every one of you, as a father does his own children,

one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence

Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and [fn] acceptable before God.

well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination.

that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

And again:"I will put My trust in Him." 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 8:17 ">[fn] And again:"Here am I and the children whom God has given Me." Isaiah 8:18 ">[fn]