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Bible Verses About Schools And Christian Education

Early Christian writings do teach that children should be raised in the Lord, taught Scripture, and formed in wisdom, with strong lines from Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Cyprian, Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Apostolic Constitutions. They also treat catechesis and instruction as real Christian work, not just a side activity, and some writers speak positively about learning when it serves truth and godly life. At the same time, the evidence is mixed on formal schools:

Tertullian warns Christian teachers about the pagan school setting, while other writers use the language of training, instruction, and catechetical teaching more broadly. The Bible passages most closely tied to this topic are Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:7, 2 Timothy 3:15, Acts 19:9, and Acts 20:20, so the main pattern is home teaching, church instruction, and careful moral formation rather than a single fixed school system.

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27 references

Foundation Texts

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Direct Bible passage on raising children in the Lord.

And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Direct Bible passage on teaching children daily.

Supporting Passages

And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

passage that children are taught of the Lord.

And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Parallel Bible command about teaching children.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

General wisdom text on training a child.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Direct teaching about learning the fear of the Lord.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Instruction of a father to children.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Bible text on apostles’ teaching.

And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.

passage for daily teaching and preaching.

And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

passage for being instructed in the way of the Lord.

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

passage for reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

Bible text on being taught the word.

And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,

passage for public and house-to-house teaching.

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

passage on authoritative teaching.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Shows Scripture teaching from childhood.

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

Bible text on being trained in doctrine.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Bible text on sound teaching.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

General Bible text about equipping saints.

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.