Call No Man Father

1 Corinthians 4:15 (NKJV)
For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 10:1 (NKJV)
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea.

Luke 16:24-25 (NKJV)
Then he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Acts 7:2 (NKJV)
And he said, Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran.

Acts 22:1 (NKJV)
Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.

Hebrews 1:1 (NKJV)
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets.

1 John 2:13-14 (NKJV)
I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Mark 11:10 (NKJV)
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Luke 1:32 (NKJV)
He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

Luke 1:73 (NKJV)
The oath which He swore to our father Abraham.

John 8:39 (NKJV)
They answered and said to Him, Abraham is our father.

John 8:56 (NKJV)
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.

Romans 4:1 (NKJV)
What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh.

Romans 4:11-12 (NKJV)
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.

Romans 4:16 (NKJV)
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

Romans 9:10 (NKJV)
And not only this, but when Rebecca also had conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac.

James 2:21 (NKJV)
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar.

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