3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Galatians 4:19
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my true child in the faith: grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my beloved son: grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 12:35-36
Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I do not write this to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.