Biblical answers to some of your ?s
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part of 1 Timothy 4:12 (NASB) ... in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.
Colossians 3:21 (combo) Fathers, do not embitter {OR provoke} [or exasperate]your children [, so that they will not lose heart], or they will become discouraged. <- NIV, {KJV}, [NASB]
Ephesians 6:4
(AMP) Fathers, do not irritate {and} provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to resentment], but rear them [tenderly] in the training {and} discipline and the counsel {and} admonition of the Lord.
(Msg) Fathers, don't exasperate your children by coming down hard on them. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.
(TLB - The Living Bible) And now a word to you parents. Don't keep on scolding and nagging your children, making them angry and resentful. Rather, bring them up with the loving discipline the Lord himself approves, with suggestions and godly advice.
Pro. 3:3 (NASB) Do not let kindness and truth leave you
Proverbs 20:11 (NIV) Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.
----- A strong and supportive family bonds husband and wife in a union of love and mutual respect. It is our refuge from the pressures and disappointments of the world and is the instrument for giving our children the things they need most: protection, love, training and discipline. The more we cultivate strong family ties, the more fulfilling our lives will be. (from TwoPaths)
From part of: RENEWAL MINISTRIES of Colorado Springs, 1 Peter 3:7, Husbands Love Your Wives, Verse-by-verse, part 3
1 Peter 3:7a (AMP) In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition
[of the marriage relation],
----The phrase be considerate as you live with your wives is literally translated “living together according to knowledge.” That a husband should be considerate implies more than just a kind attitude; it goes deeper, implying
that his consideration of his wife is based on his knowledge of her needs, desires, gifts, and abilities. A husband who acts on his knowledge of his wife will greatly enrich her life, as well as his own.
—Life Application Bible Commentary: 1 Peter
A Christian husband should be intimately aware of his wife’s needs, her strengths and weaknesses, and her goals and desires. He should know as much about her as possible in order to respond in the best way to her.—The Nelson Study Bible
Ephesians 5:25 (TMNT) Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting.
Every husband should make Christ’s love for the church the pattern for loving his wife. In so doing he will love her sacrificially. As Christ willingly gave Himself for the church; so the husband, in love, willingly gives himself for his wife. There is no sacrifice that he can make that is to great.
1 Timothy 5:8 (NASB) w/ [STRONGS] But if anyone does not [care for, respect,] AND provide for* his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
*thinking spiritually as well as physically
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