50 Bible Verses about Teachers
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BE not many of you teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.
For you who ought on account of the time to be teachers, have need that one should teach you again what are the first rudiments of the oracles of God, and have need of milk and not solid food.
And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all powers?
Let him that is taught the word communicate with him that teaches of all good things.
desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding what they say nor about what they make confident assertions.
A disciple is not above his teacher, but every perfect one will be as his teacher.
and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,
but I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have authority over a man, but to be quiet.
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law;
If any one teaches differently, and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to piety,
But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of performing cures, aids, governments, different tongues.
All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I have told you.
For the grace of God that pertains to salvation appeared to all men, teaching us, that denying impiety and worldly desires we should live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present life,
And, fathers, provoke not your children, but bring them up in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
But do you continue in what you learned and understood, knowing from whom you learned, and that from a child you have known the sacred Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
and every day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the good news of Christ Jesus.
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
being displeased because they taught the people and declared by Jesus the resurrection of the dead;
And hearing this they entered into the temple early in the morning and taught. And the chief priest coming, and those with him, called the Sanhedrim together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
how I kept not back from declaring to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house any thing that was profitable,
and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.
But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others the word of the Lord.
of which I was made a herald and an apostle,?? speak the truth, I lie not,?? teacher of nations in faith and truth.
And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas and Simeon called Niger [the black], and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen the foster brother of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul.
and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.
holding firmly the faithful word taught, that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to convince those who contradict.
It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God,
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And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
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teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
And let those who have believing masters not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather serve, because they are believers and beloved, who partake of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
These things command and teach.
in meekness correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a change of mind to a knowledge of the truth,
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But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves.
Whoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. All things therefore which they tell you, do and keep. But do not their works. For they say and do not, but bind heavy burdens and put them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger. read more.
And they do all their works to be seen by men. For they make broad their prayer fillets, and enlarge the fringes, and love the first tables at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi. But do not you be called Rabbi; For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on the earth, for one is your heavenly Father. Neither be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ. But the greatest of you shall be your servant, and whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in. (Added verse not retained in Sawyer) Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. Woe to you blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound. Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold? If a man swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if be swears by the gift which is on it, he is bound. Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? He then that swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it; and he that swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him that inhabits it; and he that swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits on it. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not neglect the others. Blind guides! who strain out a gnat and swallow down a camel. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but within they are full of plunder and excess. Blind Pharisee! cleanse first that which is in the cup and platter, that its outside may be clean also. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity. So also you on the outside appear just to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. So that you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets; and you have filled up the measure of your fathers. Serpents, offspring of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?
Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, for they wash not their hands when they eat bread? And he answered and said to them, Why do you transgress the command of God by your tradition? For God said, Honor your father and mother; and he that reviles father or mother, let him surely die. read more.
But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother what you might be profited with by me is a gift, then he shall not honor his father or his mother; and you have made the law of God of no effect by your tradition. Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophecy of you, saying; This people honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching teachings and commandments of men. And having called the multitude, he said, Hear and understand. Not that which enters into the mouth, defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth that defiles the man. Then the disciples came to him, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word? And he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them go; they are blind guides of the blind. But if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into the pit. And Peter answered and said to him, Explain the parable to us. And he said, Are you so entirely without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is cast out on the earth? But the things which proceed from the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the man. For from the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies: these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
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And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
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But there were also false prophets among the people, as there shall also be false teachers among you, who shall bring in by stealth destructive heresies, even denying the master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction;
If any one teaches differently, and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to piety,
desiring to be teachers of the law, not understanding what they say nor about what they make confident assertions.
for the time will come when they will not endure sound instruction, but will accumulate for themselves teachers according to their desires, pleasing their ear,
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Christian Teachers
Acts 11:26and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.
Deception Through False Teachers
2 Corinthians 11:13For such false apostles, deceitful laborers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ.
False Apostles, Prophets And Teachers
Matthew 7:15-16But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves.
False Teachers
Ephesians 4:14that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,
False Teachers, Characteristics Of
Galatians 1:6-8I wonder that you have so quickly turned away from him that called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel,
False Teachers, Description
Acts 20:29For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock,
False Teachers, Examples Of
Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication.
Teachers Of The Law
John 3:10Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things?
Teachers, Of False Doctrines
Romans 16:17-18I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them;