6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

for though you may have ten thousand christian preceptors, you cannot have many fathers; since it was I that first instructed you in the gospel of Christ Jesus:

don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven.

you likewise know, that we exhorted and encouraged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

Don't treat a senior with harsh reproof, but exhort him as a father, and the young men, as brethren:

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked spirit. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the father.

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked spirit.