'Children' in the Bible

My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

I am writing to you, little children,because your sins have been forgivenbecause of Jesus’ name.

I have written to you, children,because you have come to know the Father.I have written to you, fathers,because you have come to knowthe One who is from the beginning.I have written to you, young men,because you are strong,God’s word remains in you,and you have had victory over the evil one.

Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard, “Antichrist is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour.

So now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.