Galatians 4:19
you for whom I am again, as it were, undergoing the pains of childbirth, until Christ is fully formed within you.
Romans 8:29
For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;
James 1:18
In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the truth, so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
1 John 2:1
Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
Revelation 12:1-2
And a great marvel was seen in Heaven-- a woman who was robed with the sun and had the moon under her feet, and had also a wreath of stars round her head, was with child,
Luke 22:44
while He--an agony of distress having come upon Him--prayed all the more with intense earnestness, and His sweat became like clots of blood dropping on the ground.
Romans 13:14
On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.
1 Corinthians 4:14-15
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
Ephesians 4:13
till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ.
Ephesians 4:24
with that new and better self which has been created to resemble God in the righteousness and holiness which come from the truth.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
Philippians 2:5
Let the same disposition be in you which was in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:17
Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
Colossians 1:27
to whom it was His will to make known how vast a wealth of glory for the Gentile world is implied in this truth--the truth that 'Christ is in you, the hope of glory.'
Colossians 2:1
For I would have you know in how severe a struggle I am engaged on behalf of you and the brethren in Laodicea and of all who have not known me personally,
Colossians 3:10
and have clothed yourselves with the new self which is being remoulded into full knowledge so as to become like Him who created it.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, sends greetings to you, always wrestling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand firm--Christians of ripe character and of clear conviction as to everything which is God's will.
1 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my own true son in the faith. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Titus 1:4
To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Hebrews 5:7
For Jesus during his earthly life offered up prayers and entreaties, crying aloud and weeping as He pleaded with Him who was able to bring Him in safety out of death, and He was delivered from the terror from which He shrank.
1 John 2:12
I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.
1 John 5:21
Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.