1Cor 4:14-17, Phili 2:19-22, 1Ti 1:18, 2Ti 1:2, 2:1, Tit 1:4 | ESV | STEP | I do not write these things to make you ashamed , but to admonish you as my beloved children .

1 Corinthians 4:14-17

14 I do not write these things ^ato make you ashamed, but to admonish you ^bas my beloved children. 15 For ^cthough you have countless ^{▼▼Greek you have ten thousand} guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For ^eI became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, ^fbe imitators of me. 17 That is why ^gI sent ^{▼▼Or am sending} you Timothy, ⁱmy beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add Jesus} ^kas I teach them everywhere in every church.

Philippians 2:19-22

Timothy and Epaphroditus

19 I hope in the Lord Jesus ^lto send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one ^mlike him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all ⁿseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s ^{▼▼Greek his} ^pproven worth, how ^qas a son ^{▼▼Greek child} with a father ^she has served with me in the gospel.

1 Timothy 1:18

18 This charge ^tI entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with ^uthe prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may ^vwage the good warfare,

2 Timothy 1:2

2 To Timothy, ^wmy beloved child:

^xGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 2:1

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

1 You then, ^ymy child, ^zbe strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

Titus 1:4

4 To Titus, ^aamy true child in ^aba common faith:

^acGrace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.