3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are passing their lives in the truth.
Galatians 4:19
O my little children, of whom I travail again in birth until Christ be formed within you!
Galatians 2:14
But when I saw that they were not walking a straight path, in the presence of the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all. "If you, although you are a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, why do you try to compel the Gentiles to become Jews?
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timothy, my true son in the faith; Grace, mercy and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child; Grace mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 12:35-36
"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I am not writing this to shame you, but to admonish you, as my beloved children.