31 Bible Verses about Nurture

You fathers, too, must not irritate your children, but you must bring them up with Christian training and instruction.

Fathers, do not irritate your children, or they may lose heart.

of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.

and how from childhood you have known the Scriptures which can give you the wisdom that through faith in Christ Jesus leads to salvation.

We were children when we were with you; we were like a mother nursing her children. That was the kind of affection we had for you, which made us ready to share with you not only God's good news but our own lives too, because you were so dear to us. You remember, brothers, how we toiled and labored. We worked night and day, when we preached the good news to you, in order not to be a burden to any of you.read more.
You will testify, and God will, how pure and upright and irreproachable our relations were with you who believed. You know how, like a father with his children, we used to urge, encourage, and implore you to make your lives worthy of God who invites you into his kingdom and his glory.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than these others are?" Peter said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs!" Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!" Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because the third time Jesus asked him if he loved him, and he answered, "Master, you know everything, you can see that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep!

When they came, he said to them, "You know well enough how I lived among you all the time from the first day I set foot in Asia, and how I served the Lord most humbly and with tears, through all the trials that I encountered because of the plots of the Jews. I never shrank from telling you anything that was for your good, nor from teaching you in public or at your houses,

I do not write this to you to make you ashamed, but for your instruction as my dear children. For no matter how many guides you may have in the Christian life, you will not have many fathers; for in this matter of union with Christ, I became your father, through preaching the good news to you.

as I pray night and day with intense earnestness that I may see your faces and supply what is lacking in your faith?

standing by the message that can be relied on, just as he was taught it, so that he may be qualified both to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to show the error of those who oppose him.

I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed??2 be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though it were forced upon you but of your own free will, and not from base love of gain but freely, and not as tyrannizing over those in your charge but proving models for the flock;

Urge the younger men, too, to be sensible. In every way set them an example of good conduct yourself. Teach with sincerity and seriousness,

I have never coveted anyone's gold or silver or clothes. You know well enough that these hands of mine provided for my needs and my companions. I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

So I urge you, follow my example. This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is a dear child of mine, in the service of the Lord, and one on whom you can depend, and he will help you to keep in mind my methods in the service of Christ Jesus, which I follow everywhere in every church.

You must follow my example in this, as I am following Christ's.

Do the things that you learned, received, and heard from me, and that you saw me do. Then God who gives peace will be with you.

for our preaching of the good news did not come to you as mere words but with power and the holy Spirit and full conviction??ou know the kind of life we lived among you for your good. And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, for though our message brought you great trouble, you welcomed it with joy inspired by the holy Spirit,

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody. Take care that none of you ever pays back evil for evil, but always try to treat one another and everybody with kindness.

Treat people who are overscrupulous in their faith like brothers; do not criticize their views.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous. For if somebody sees you, who are intelligent about this matter, attending a dinner in an idol's temple, will not he, with his sensitive conscience, be led to eat meat that is offered to idols? For this overscrupulous brother, for whom Christ died, is ruined by what you call your knowledge.read more.
But in sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their too scrupulous consciences, you are really sinning against Christ. Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

But if a man is caught doing something wrong, brothers, you are spiritual, and you must set him right, in a spirit of gentleness. Think of yourself, for you may be tempted too. Bear one another's burdens, and in that way carry out the law of the Christ.

Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing.

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right, so as to train the younger women to be loving wives and mothers, and to be sensible, pure-minded, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so as not to bring reproach on God's message.

and like new-born babes crave the pure spiritual milk that will make you grow up to salvation,

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. Why, you are not ready for it now,

Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension. For although from the length of your Christian experience you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very elements of Christian truth, and you have come to need milk instead of solid food. For anyone who is limited to milk is unacquainted with Christian teaching, for he is only an infant.read more.
But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.

You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

And all of us, reflecting the splendor of the Lord in our unveiled faces, are being changed into likeness to him, from one degree of splendor to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

We must lovingly hold to the truth and grow up into perfect union with him who is the head??hrist himself.

We always have to thank God for you, brothers, as it is right that we should, because your faith is growing so wonderfully and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.