6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For though ye have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven.

as ye know how we exhorted, and encouraged, and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren;

I write to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the Evil One. I have written to you, my children, because ye know the Father.

I have written to you, fathers, because ye know him that was from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the Evil One.