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So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me.

And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

So that from one man, who was near to death, came children in number as the stars in heaven, or as the sand by the seaside, which may not be numbered.