In the biblical framework, parents are called to nurture and guide their children, but not to exert controlling influence over them. According to Colossians, parents should avoid provoking their children to anger, lest they become discouraged. The apostle Paul's writings, such as 2 Corinthians and 1 Corinthians, emphasize the importance of patience, kindness, and love in parental relationships, while Ephesians instructs fathers not to exasperate their children. Psalms reminds us that even if parental support fails, God's care remains, as seen in Psalms 27, providing a comforting reassurance for those who have experienced controlling parenting.
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See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult. He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit. Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.