6 Bible Verses about Spiritual Fathers

For if you have ten thousand teachers in Christ still you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you by the gospel.

And call no man your father on the earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

as you know how we exhorted and comforted you, as a father each one of his own children,

Rebuke not an aged man, but entreat him as a father, the younger men as brothers,

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father.

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one.