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What does the Bible say about teenagers?

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The Bible teaches that young people are called to trust God, pursue holiness, resist sin, and serve Christ faithfully in the strength he provides. Paul urges Timothy not to let youthfulness hinder godly example, but to model speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity in 1 Timothy 4:12. Believers are to flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness with humble, patient gentleness, as 2 Timothy 2:22-26 teaches. Temptation is real, yet God faithfully provides a way to endure it, and his grace gives courage rather than fear. Isaiah 40:30-31 assures weary youth that those who wait on the Lord receive renewed strength, while 1 Peter 5:7 invites them to cast every anxiety on him.

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  • 1 Timothy 4:12 12 votes

    Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

  • 2 Timothy 2:22-26 10 votes

    [22] Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. [23] But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. [24] The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, [25] in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, [26] and they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:13 6 votes

    No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

  • Isaiah 40:30-31 5 votes

    [30] Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: [31] but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

  • 2 Timothy 1:7 4 votes

    For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9 3 votes

    Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • 1 Peter 5:7 3 votes

    casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

  • 2 Kings 15:2 3 votes

    Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

  • Genesis 4:7 2 votes

    If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."

  • Titus 2:6 2 votes

    Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober-minded;

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