6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ Jesus, you can have but one father. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

"and call no one 'Father' on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.

You know how I was wont to treat each of you as a father treats his children,

Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have fully overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have learned to know the father.

I have written to you, fathers, because you have learned to know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is abiding in you, and you have fully overcome the Evil One.