Bible Verses With Father in Them

The Bible talks about God as a loving Father who cares deeply for us. It also includes many other ways the word “father” is used to show relationships, guidance, and love. In this blog post, we’ll look at Bible verses that mention “father” and learn how these verses help us understand God’s love and our relationships with others.

Bible Verses With Father in Them

John 14:6 – “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”

Matthew 6:9 – “Pray then like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.'”

Luke 15:20 – “And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”

1 John 3:1 – “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”

Matthew 7:11 – “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

John 17:21 – “That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

Romans 8:15 – “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!'”

Hebrews 12:7 – “It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?”

Ephesians 6:4 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

John 20:17 – “Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”'”

2 Corinthians 6:18 – “And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Proverbs 3:12 – “For the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.”

Matthew 5:48 – “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Galatians 4:6 – “And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!'”

Luke 11:2 – “And he said to them, ‘When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come.”'”

John 8:44 – “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.”

1 Corinthians 4:15 – “For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.”

Colossians 3:21 – “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.”

Matthew 10:32 – “So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.”

John 16:27 – “For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.”

Psalm 103:13 – “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.”

James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

1 John 2:1 – “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”

Genesis 22:7 – “And Isaac said to his father Abraham, ‘My father!’ And he said, ‘Here I am, my son.’ He said, ‘Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?'”

Philippians 2:22 – “But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.”

John 14:9 – “Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, “Show us the Father”?'”

1 John 1:3 – “That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.”

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