3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this, that I may hear of my children walking about in truth.
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, If you being a Jew are living like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how do you compel the Gentiles to judaize?
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my beloved child. Grace, mercy, peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 12:35-36
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk about as you have the light, in order that the darkness may not overtake you: and he that walketh about in darkness does not know where he is going.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I do not write these things shaming you, but admonishing you as my beloved children.