Psalm 78:1-8 NLT

O my people, listen to my instructions.

    Open your ears to what I am saying,

2     for I will speak to you in a parable.

I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

3     stories we have heard and known,

    stories our ancestors handed down to us.

4 We will not hide these truths from our children;

    we will tell the next generation

about the glorious deeds of the Lord,

    about his power and his mighty wonders.

5 For he issued his laws to Jacob;

    he gave his instructions to Israel.

He commanded our ancestors

    to teach them to their children,

6 so the next generation might know them—

    even the children not yet born—

    and they in turn will teach their own children.

7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God,

    not forgetting his glorious miracles

    and obeying his commands.

8 Then they will not be like their ancestors—

    stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,

    refusing to give their hearts to God.

Judges 2:10

10 After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.

1 Corinthians 4:15-16,

15 For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you. 16 So I urge you to imitate me.

1 Timothy 1:2

2 I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.

Matthew 12:50,

50 Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

1 Timothy 4:12

12 Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.