G5043–τέκνον–teknon

This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

τέκνα tekna “children”τέκνοις· teknois “children;”

My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you,

τέκνα tekna “Children”

Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.

τέκνων teknōn “children”

For it is in the Writings, You who have never given birth, be glad; give cries of joy, you who have had no birth-pains; for the children of her who has been given up by her husband are more than those of the woman who has a husband.

τέκνα tekna “children”

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

τέκνα tekna “children”

So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

τέκνα tekna “children”

Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.

τέκνα tekna “children”

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

τέκνα tekna “children”

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

τέκνα tekna “children”

Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.

τέκνα, tekna “Children,”

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

τέκνα tekna “children”

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

τέκνα tekna “children”

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

τέκνον teknon “a child”

Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

τέκνα, tekna “Children,”

Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

τέκνα tekna “children”

But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:

τέκνα, tekna “children,”

Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,

τέκνα tekna “children”

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

τέκνῳ teknō “child”

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

τέκνον teknon “[my] child”

Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

τέκνα tekna “children”

Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

τέκνων teknōn “[their] children”

But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

τέκνα tekna “children”

To Timothy, my well-loved child: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

τέκνῳ· teknō “child:”

So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.

τέκνον teknon “child”

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

τέκνῳ teknō “child”