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my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:

For Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which [is] now, for she is in bondage with her children;

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break out and cry, thou that travailest not; because the children of the desolate are more numerous than [those] of her that has a husband.

But *ye*, brethren, after the pattern of Isaac, are children of promise.

So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.

among whom *we* also all once had our conversation in the lusts of our flesh, doing what the flesh and the thoughts willed to do, and were children, by nature, of wrath, even as the rest:

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,

for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,

Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.

And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.

that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in [the] world,

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

Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.

but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,

conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to [their] parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.