6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

And do not call anyone on earth your 'Father,' for you have one Father, he who is in heaven.

for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you

Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.