Matthew 23:9
"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."
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- 1 John 3:1
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 12:9
"Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?"
Read in chapter → - Malachi 1:6
"A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?"
Read in chapter → - Job 32:21
"Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man."
Read in chapter → - Romans 8:14
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 7:11
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 6:8
"Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 4:15
"For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 5:1
"Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;"
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 6:18
"And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
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