I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.
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3 John · 3 John 1
3 John 4
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3For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.
3 John 4
I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth.
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5Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.
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- Proverbs 22:6Shares a themeTrain up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.Shared with Parenting
- Isaiah 54:13Shares a themeAll your children will be taught by the LORD, and your children’s peace will be great.Shared with Parenting
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7Shares a themeThese words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.Shared with Parenting
- Psalm 127:3Shares a themeBehold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.Shared with Parenting
- Ephesians 6:4Shares a themeYou fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Shared with Parenting