(1.) _To provide for them._ 2 COR. XII, 14. Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 1 TIM. V, 8. But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. (2.) _To administer needful correction._ HEB. XII, 9. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? PROV. X, 13. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. PROV. XIII, 24. He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. PROV. XIX, 18. Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. PROV. XXII, 15. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. PROV. XXIII, 13. Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. (3.) _Encouragements to parental faithfulness._ GEN. XVII, 7. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. GEN. XVIII, 19. For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. PSA. XXXVII, 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. PSA. CIII, 17. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; 18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. PROV. XX, 7. The just man walketh in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. PROV. XXII, 6. Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 2 TIM. I, 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2. To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 4. Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 5. When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 5. DUTY OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.