6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For, though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the Gospel.

And call no one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, the Heavenly.

as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you, and testifying,

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren:

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have conquered the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have known Him Who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have conquered the evil one.