Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath,
but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
–Ephesians 6:4 (NKJV)–

Though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ,
yet you do not have many fathers;
for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel.
–1 Corinthians 4:15 (NKJV)–

⁶ And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. ⁷ You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
–Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NKJV)–

¹  Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. ² Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, ³ not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. ⁴ He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. ⁵ (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?) ⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. ⁷ He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.
–1 Timothy 3:1-7 (NIV)–

⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? ⁸ If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
–Hebrews 12:7-8 (NIV)–

Do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’
for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
–Matthew 23:9 (NIV)–

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East of Eden (Warner Bros., 1955).

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (EMI Films, 1975). Available on VidAngel.