6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

And call no man on earth your father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.

as indeed you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father his children,

Do not rebuke an elderly man, but entreat him as a father; the younger men, as brothers:

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, my little children, because you have known the Father.

I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.