3 John 1:4

Encouragement For Gaius

³ I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified about your truthfulness and how you live according to the truth ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living according to the truth. ⁵ Dear friend, you are faithful in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

My Children

Walk in the Truth

No

Galatians 4:19

My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until the Messiah is formed in you.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, "Though you are a Jew, you have been living like a gentile and not like a Jew. So how can you insist that the gentiles must live like Jews?"

1 Timothy 1:2

To: Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus, our Lord, be yours!

2 Timothy 1:2

To: Timothy, my dear child. May grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Messiah Jesus our Lord be yours!

1 Kings 2:4

and so that the LORD may fulfill his promise that he spoke about me when he said, "If your sons pay attention to how they live by walking truthfully in my presence with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

1 Kings 3:6

So Solomon said:

2 Kings 20:3

"Remember me, LORD," he said, "how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight." And Hezekiah wept deeply.

Psalm 26:1-3

Vindicate me, LORD, because I have walked in integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him.

Isaiah 8:18

Watch out! I and the children whom the LORD has given me are a sign and a wonder in Israel from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who resides on Mount Zion."

Isaiah 38:3

"Please, LORD," he said, "Remember how I have walked before you faithfully and with a true heart, and I have done what pleases you." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

John 12:35-36

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

1 Corinthians 4:14-15

I'm not writing this to make you feel ashamed, but to warn you as my dear children.