ʻApí Vakai foki ki he Fāmilí ʻOku totonu ke hoko ʻa e ʻapí ko e tefito ia ʻo e ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē ʻi he ongoongoleleí mo e fāmilí. ʻE ʻataʻatā ʻa e tangatá ʻi ʻapi ke fakafiemālie ki hono uaifí, Teut. 24:5. Peá ne fekau ia ki hono falé, Maʻake 8:26. Tuku ke fakahā ʻe he fānau ʻa ʻenau anga-fakalotú ʻi ʻapi, 1 Tīm. 5:4. Ke fai poto, mo angatonu ʻo faʻa nofo ʻi ʻapi, Taitusi 2:5. Mou foki atu ki homou ngaahi ʻapí, pea fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻa ia kuó u leaʻakí, 3 Nīfai 17:2–3. Naʻá ku naʻinaʻi kiate kinautolu ke nau tau koeʻuhi ko honau uaifí, mo ʻenau fānaú, mo honau ngaahi falé, mo honau ngaahi ʻapí, Molom. 2:23. ʻOku fekau ki he ngaahi tamaí ke nau faivelenga mo tokanga fakamātoato ʻi honau ʻapí, T&F 93:43–44, 48–50.