6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

for if ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you by the gospel.

Neither call any man upon earth Father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven:

as ye know likewise, how we exhorted and comforted every one of you, as a father his children;

Do not chide a senior, but exhort him as a father; and younger men as brethren:

I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. Yea I have written to you, little children, because ye have known the Father:

I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known Him that is from the beginning: and I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one---