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Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his
children, and his cattle?
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and
drank from it himself, as did his sons and his
livestock?”
The
nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down
ere my
child die.
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of
fornication; we have one Father, even God.
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not
illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
Little
children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews,
Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
A woman when she is in
travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the
child, she remembereth no more the
anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
A woman has pain in
childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her
child, she forgets her
anguish because of her joy that a
child has been born into the world.
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.
For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are
afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’
For of a truth against thy holy
child Jesus, whom thou hast
anointed, both Herod, and Pontius
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius
Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You
anointed.
By stretching forth thine hand to
heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy
child Jesus.
as You stretch out Your hand to
heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought.
At
daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they
convened the
Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the
jail for the apostles.
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
The same dealt
subtilly with our kindred, and evil
entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young
children, to the end they might not live.
He exploited our people and
oppressed our fathers, forcing them to
abandon their infants so they would die.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
He has sent this message to the people of Israel,
proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
And said, O full of all
subtilty and all mischief, thou
child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness,
wilt thou not cease to
pervert the right ways of the Lord?
and said, “O
child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of
deceit and
trickery! Will you never stop
perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
Men and brethren,
children of the stock of Abraham, and
whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second
psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee.
He has fulfilled for us, their
children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second
Psalm: ‘You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.’
And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and
children, till we were out of the city: and we
kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and
children, accompanied us out of the city and
knelt down on the
beach to pray with us.
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to
forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to
circumcise their
children, neither to walk after the customs.
But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to
forsake Moses, telling them not to
circumcise their
children or observe our customs.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also
glorified together.
And if we are
children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be
glorified with Him.
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the
children of God.
that the creation itself will be set free from its
bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the
children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
We know that the whole creation has been
groaning together in the pains of
childbirth until the present time.
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the
children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a
remnant shall be saved:
Isaiah
cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the
remnant will be saved.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I
warn you.
I am not writing this to shame you, but to
warn you as my beloved
children.
For this cause have I sent unto you
Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into
remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
That is why I have sent you
Timothy, my beloved and faithful
child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your
children unclean; but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your
children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
When I was a
child, I spake as a
child, I understood as a
child, I thought as a
child: but when I became a man, I put away
childish things.
When I was a
child, I talked like a
child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a
child. When I became a man, I set aside
childish ways.
Brethren, be not
children in understanding:
howbeit in
malice be ye
children, but in understanding be men.
Brothers, stop thinking like
children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be
mature.
But if the
ministration of death, written and
engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the
children of Israel could not
stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not
gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
And not as Moses, which put a
vail over his face, that the
children of Israel could not
stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
We are not like Moses, who would put a
veil over his face to keep the Israelites from
gazing at the end of what was
fading away.
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be
burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the
children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the
children.
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
Even so we, when we were
children, were in
bondage under the elements of the world:
So also, when we were
children, we were
enslaved under the
basic principles of the world.
My little
children, of whom I
travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
My
children, for whom I am again in the pains of
childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
Which things are an
allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount
Sinai, which gendereth to
bondage, which is
Agar.
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount
Sinai and bears
children into slavery: This is
Hagar.
For this
Agar is mount
Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in
bondage with her
children.
Now
Hagar stands for Mount
Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her
children.
For it is written,
Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the
desolate hath many more
children than she which hath an husband.
For it is written: “
Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no
children; break forth and cry
aloud, you who have never
travailed; because more are the
children of the
desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
So then, brethren, we are not
children of the
bondwoman, but of the free.
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
in which you used to walk when you
conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the
children of wrath, even as others.
All of us also lived among them at one time,
fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and
indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature
children of wrath.
Then we will no longer be infants,
tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the
clever cunning of men in their
deceitful scheming.
Be ye therefore followers of God, as
dear children;
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Let no man
deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience.
Let no one
deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Fathers, do not
provoke your
children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
so that you may be
blameless and pure,
children of God without fault in a
crooked and
perverse generation, in which you
shine as lights in the world
But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
But you know
Timothy’s
proven worth, that as a
child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Fathers,
provoke not your
children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Fathers, do not
provoke your
children, so they will not become discouraged.
But we were gentle among you, even as a
nurse cherisheth her
children:
On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a
nursing mother caring for her
children.
As ye know how we
exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father
doth his
children,
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as
travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape.
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a
pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
Unto
Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
To
Timothy, my true
child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
This charge I commit unto thee, son
Timothy, according to the
prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
Timothy, my
child, I
entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous
prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
Women, however, will be saved through
childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and
holiness, with self-control.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
An
overseer must
manage his own household well and keep his
children under control, with complete dignity.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
A
deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good
manager of his
children and of his own household.
But if any widow have
children or nephews, let them learn first to
shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
But if a widow has
children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show
godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up
children, if she have
lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the
afflicted, if she have
diligently followed every good work.
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up
children,
entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the
afflicted, and
devoting herself to every good work.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak
reproachfully.
To
Timothy, my
dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
To
Timothy, my beloved
child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
To
Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
To
Titus, my true
child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our
Savior.
If any be
blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful
children not accused of
riot or
unruly.
That they may teach the young women to be
sober, to love their husbands, to love their
children,
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
I appeal to you for my
child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
By faith
Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a
child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
By faith Moses, when he was born, was
hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper
child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
By faith Moses’ parents
hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful
child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
And you have forgotten the
exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
If you do not experience discipline like
everyone else, then you are
illegitimate children and not true sons.
As
obedient children, not fashioning
yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
As
obedient children, do not
conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
Even as
Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any
amazement.
just as
Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her
children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
Having eyes full of
adultery, and that cannot cease from sin;
beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with
covetous practices;
cursed children:
Their eyes are full of
adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they
seduce the unstable. They are
accursed children with hearts trained in
greed.
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
My little
children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if
anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
I write unto you, little
children, because your sins are
forgiven you for his name’s sake.
I am writing to you, little
children, because your sins have been
forgiven through His name.
I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.