3 John 1:4
greater joy I cannot have, than to hear that my children are attach'd to the truth.
Galatians 4:19
my dear children, how am I in pain, till Christ be formed in you?
Galatians 2:14
but when I saw, they conformed not their conduct to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all: if you being a Jew, live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not according to that of the Jews, why do you constrain the Gentiles to judaize?
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy my sincere convert, favour, mercy and peace from God our father, and Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my dear son, grace, mercy and peace from God the father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 12:35-36
Jesus answer'd them, yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have the light, lest darkness surprize you: for he that walketh in darkness, does not know whither he goes.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
This I don't write to give you any confusion, but by way of remonstrance, to you who are my dear children.