20 Bible Verses about Families
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(if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how can he take care of a church of God?).
Whoever fails to provide for his own relatives, and especially for those of his immediate family, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
So then whenever we have an opportunity, let us practice doing good to everybody, but especially to the members of the family of faith.
So you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of His family;
managing his own house well, with perfect seriousness keeping his children under control
And if a household is disunited, that household cannot last.
For from now on, five in a house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your household will be saved."
Because the time has come for judgment to begin at the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will the end be of those who are rejecting God's good news?
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in the treatment of their own families, and to pay the debt they owe their parents or grandparents, for this is acceptable to God.
Show honor to everyone. Practice love for the brotherhood; practice reverence to God and honor to the Emperor.
for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the Head of the church, His body, and Saviour of it.
For both He who is purifying them and those who are being purified all spring from one Father; so He is not ashamed to call them brothers,
whose mouths must be stopped, for they upset whole families by teaching things they ought not to think, for the sake of dishonest gain.
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood, among his kinsmen, and in his own home."
From Thematic Bible
Families » Should » Be duly regulated
managing his own house well, with perfect seriousness keeping his children under control (if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how can he take care of a church of God?).
Families » Should » Live in mutual forbearance
Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?" Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!
Families » Should » Live in unity
Families » Should » Worship God together
The churches of Asia wish to be remembered to you. Aquila and Prisca, with the church that meets at their house, send you their cordial Christian greetings.
Families » Should » Be taught the scriptures
Families » Should » Rejoice together before God
Families » Warning against departing from God
Families » Punishment of irreligious
Families » Good--exemplified » Jailor of philippi
They answered, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you and your household will be saved." Then they told God's message to him and to all the members of his household. Even at that time of the night he took them and washed their wounds, and he and all the members of his household at once were baptized. read more.
Then he took them up to his house and gave them food, and he and all the members of his household were happy in their faith in God.
Families » Good--exemplified » Abraham
Families » Good--exemplified » David
Families » Good--exemplified » Lois
on being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that first found a home in the heart of your grandmother Lois, then in the heart of your mother Eunice, and now in yours too, I am sure.
Families » Of saints blessed
Families » Good--exemplified » Joshua
Families » Good--exemplified » jacob
Families » Good--exemplified » Lazarus of bethany
Now a man was sick; it was Lazarus who lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was the Mary who poured the perfume upon the Lord and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, "Lord, listen! the one you love so well is sick." read more.
When Jesus received the message, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death but is to honor God, that the Son of God through it may be honored." Now Jesus held in loving esteem Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Families » Deceivers and liars should be removed from
Families » Good--exemplified » Lydia
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us by continuing to say, "If you have made up your mind that I am a real believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house." And she continued to insist that we do so.
Families » Good--exemplified » Crispus
But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, and so did all his family, and from time to time many of the Corinthians heard, believed, and were baptized.
Topics on Families
Families, Examples Of
John 11:1-5Now a man was sick; it was Lazarus who lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Families, Nature Of
1 Timothy 3:4managing his own house well, with perfect seriousness keeping his children under control
Related Topics
- Blessing Through God's People
- Christians
- Church Of God
- Faithfulness, In Human Relationships
- Family And Friends
- Family Conflict
- Family First
- Family Love
- Family Problems
