Family
Summary
The Bible teaches honor, care, and peacemaking within family life, while also recognizing brokenness and the need for wisdom in hard relationships.
What the Bible teaches
Scripture commands honor toward parents, nurturing of children, and love within the household—yet it does not deny conflict, injustice, or the call to set wise boundaries.
Key passages
Ephesians 6:1–4
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right... And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Translation: KJV
Romans 12:18
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Translation: KJV
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Translation: KJV
Practical application
Seek peace where it depends on you, tell the truth without cruelty, and ask God for wisdom when family loyalty and righteousness seem to collide.
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