3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear of my children living in the Truth.
Galatians 4:19
O my dear children, you with whom I am in travail over again till Christ be formed within you,
Galatians 2:14
But I saw they were swerving from the true line of the gospel; so I said to Cephas in presence of them all, "If you live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, though you are a Jew yourself, why do you oblige the Gentiles to become Jews?" ??15 We may be Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners,'
1 Timothy 1:2
to Timotheus his lawful son in the faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 12:35-36
Then Jesus said to them, "The Light will shine among you for a little longer yet; walk while you have the Light, that the darkness may not overtake you. He who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I do not write this to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as beloved children of mine.