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24 And now, my children, listen to me,
    and be attentive to the words of my mouth.(A)

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And now, my child,[a] listen to me,
    and do not depart from the words of my mouth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.7 Gk Vg: Heb children

Parental Advice

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
    and be attentive, that you may gain[a] insight,(A)

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  1. 4.1 Heb know

Christ Our Advocate

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,(A)

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

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32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
    happy are those who keep my ways.(A)
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
    and do not neglect it.

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Fatherly Admonition

14 I am not writing this to make you ashamed but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you might have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Indeed, in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel.(A)

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