1 John 3:1-3 New International Version (NIV) See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.
How does the Bible describe the father?
As our Father, he disciplines us (Heb. 12:3–11). As our Father, he receives us and forgives us and rejoices over us when in repentance we come home to him (Luke 15:11–32). That God the Father has made himself God our Father means that he is personally, emotionally, and even sacrificially involved with us.
What is a powerful scripture for fathers?
Proverbs 23:24: “The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly, and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.” Psalm 103:13: “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.” 2 Samuel 7:14-15: “I will be a father to him, and he’ll be a son to me.
What are biblical verses about fathers?
– Ephesians 6:4: “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”
– Proverbs 1:8: “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.”
What is a good father verse in the Bible?
Proverbs 23:24: “The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.”
