3 John 1:4

Encouragement For Gaius

³ For I was very glad when some brothers came and testified to your faithfulness to the truth—how you are walking in the truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth. ⁵ Dear friend, you are showing faithfulness by 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 again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.

Galatians 2:14

But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel Gentiles to live like Jews?”

1 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my true son in the faith.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:2

To Timothy, my dearly loved son.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Kings 2:4

and so that the Lord will carry out His promise that He made to me: ‘If your sons are careful to walk faithfully before Me with their whole mind and heart, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity. You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

2 Kings 20:3

“Please Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Psalm 26:1-3

Davidic.Vindicate me, Lord,
because I have lived with integrity
and have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Proverbs 23:24

The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

Isaiah 8:18

Here I am with the children the Lord has given me to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 38:3

He said, “Please, Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly, and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

John 12:35-36

Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn’t overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.

1 Corinthians 4:14-15

I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.