Questions tagged [child]
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Whoever receives a child (literal), or one such a child (metaphor), receives Me
The text in Matthew 18:5 is pretty clear to me to mean a humble (adult) disciple of Jesus.
The text in Mark 9:37 might seem a little ambiguous.
The text in Luke 9:48 seems to refer directly to the ...
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Were Abiram and Segub the sons of Ahab or Hiel? Are their deaths accidental or intentional?
”And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its ...
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Who are the "children" in Ephesians 6:1-4 and Colossians 3:20-21?
Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may turn out well for you, ...
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Ephesians 6:1 - Are Adults Commanded to Obey Their Parents?
I understand that children, τέκνα, is not a term that is age limited. Therefore, does a faithful reading of Ephesians 6:1 require adult Christian children to obey their parents?
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Is Isaiah 7 and Isaiah 9 speaking of the same child?
In Isaiah 7:14-16
14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin
will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him Immanuel.
15 He will eat curds and honey at the ...
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Why did boy Jesus, 12 years old, remain behind in Jerusalem?
Did boy Jesus left his parents intentionally to be about His Father's House/Business? If so, would that be correct to say that He might even have planned His visit to the Temple to stay in the midst ...
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Become like little children - the meaning of child in Jesus statement
In Matthew 18, 1-5 Jesus gives children as an example of what people should become like if they want to enter the kingdom of heaven: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18&version=...
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