24 Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
    pay attention to what I say.

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24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

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Now then, my sons, listen(A) to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.

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Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Get Wisdom at Any Cost

Listen, my sons,(A) to a father’s instruction;(B)
    pay attention and gain understanding.(C)

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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

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My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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19 My dear children,(A) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(B)

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19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
    blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.

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32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(A) but to warn you as my dear children.(B) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(C) through the gospel.(D)

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14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.

15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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