Verse 4

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 4:19 : 19 My dear children, I am again suffering birth pains for you until Christ is formed in you.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I became a father to while in my chains.
  • Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 2:4 : 4 And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon replied, "You have shown great lovingkindness to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to sit on his throne this day."
  • 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • Ps 26:1-3 : 1 Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. 2 Examine me, Lord, and test me; refine my inner thoughts and my heart. 3 For Your steadfast love is always before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
  • Prov 23:24 : 24 The father of a righteous child will greatly rejoice; a man who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Here I am, along with the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
  • Isa 38:3 : 3 He said, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with a wholehearted devotion, and how I have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." Jesus said this, then went away and was hidden from them.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. 15 For even if you have countless teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the gospel.