1 Thessalonians 2:11-12
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11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his children,(A) 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you conduct yourselves as worthy of the God who calls you into his kingdom and glory.(B)
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1 Timothy 1:2
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2 to Timothy, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)
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2 Timothy 1:2
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2 to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 John 2:1
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Chapter 2
Christ and His Commandments. 1 My children,[a] I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.(A)
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- 2:1 Children: like the term “beloved,” this is an expression of pastoral love (cf. Jn 13:33; 21:5; 1 Cor 4:14). Advocate: for the use of the term, see Jn 14:16. Forgiveness of sin is assured through Christ’s intercession and expiation or “offering”; the death of Christ effected the removal of sin.
2 John 4
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4 I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children[a] walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father.(A)
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- 4 Some of your children: this refers to those whom the Presbyter has recently encountered, but it may also indicate the presence of false doctrine in the community: the Presbyter encourages those who have remained faithful. Walking in the truth: an expression used in the Johannine writings to describe a way of living in which the Christian faith is visibly expressed; cf. 1 Jn 1:6–7; 2:6, 11; 3 Jn 3.
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