# **Fatherhood** Fatherhood of apostolic ministry and, by extension, of priestly ministry: 1 Cor 4:14-15; Phil 2:22; 1 Thess 2:11 Fathers exhorted to raise their children properly and not to provoke them: Eph 6:4; Col 3:21 God alone is Father in the absolute sense: Mt 23:9; Eph 3:14-15 Men may also be called \"father\": Mt 1:1-16; 15:4-5; 21:31; Lk 2:33; Acts 26:6; Rom 4:16; 1 Cor 4:14-17; 1 Thess 2:11; Philem 10; 1 Jn 2:13-14 Older men to be exhorted as fathers by younger men: 1 Tim 5:1 *See also* [[family]]; [[god]]; [[trinity-holy|Trinity]] ## Sources [[index-of-doctrines|Index of Doctrines]]