3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than these tidings, that I hear my own children are walking in the truth.
Galatians 4:19
My little children of whom I travail in birth again, until Christ be formed in you,
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they walked not directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize?
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my genuine son in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my beloved son: grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 12:35-36
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest the darkness overtake you: he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not even whither he is going.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.