1 Thessalonians 5:12

Final Exhortations And Benediction

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and strengthen one another, just as you are doing. ¹² We beg you, brothers, to respect those who work with you and who lead you in the service of the Lord, and teach you. ¹³ Hold them in the highest esteem and affection for what they do. Live at peace with one another.

In Christ

Rule Over

Service Of The Lord

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

1 Corinthians 16:18

They have cheered my heart, and yours too. You should appreciate such men.

Hebrews 13:7

Do not forget your former leaders, the men who brought you God's message. Remember how they ended their lives and imitate their faith.

Luke 10:7

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking what they offer you, for the workman deserves his pay. Do not change from one house to another.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We beg you, brothers, warn the idlers, cheer up the despondent, keep hold of the weak, be patient with everybody.

1 Timothy 5:1

Never reprove an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

1 Timothy 5:17-18

Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice as much as they get, particularly those who work at preaching and teaching.

Titus 1:3

and revealed at the proper time in his message, through the preaching with which I have been intrusted at the command of God our Savior,

Revelation 1:20-1

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the guardian angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:3

You show endurance; you have undergone much for my sake, and you have not grown weary.

Revelation 2:8

"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: " 'The first and the last, who died and came to life again, speaks thus:

Revelation 2:12

"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: " 'He who wields the sharp, double-edged sword speaks thus:

Revelation 2:18

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: " 'The Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, and whose feet are like bronze, speaks thus:

Revelation 3:1

"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: " 'He who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks thus: I know what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but you are dead.

Revelation 3:7

"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: " 'He who is holy and true, who carries the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, speaks thus:

Revelation 3:14

"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: " 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks thus:

Matthew 9:37-38

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few.

Luke 10:1-2

After this the Master appointed seventy-two others, and sent them on before him, two by two, to every town or place to which he intended to come.

John 4:38

I have sent you to reap a harvest on which you have not worked. Other men have worked and you have profited by their work."

Acts 20:28

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the holy Spirit has made you guardians, and be shepherds of the church of God, which he got at the cost of his own life.

Acts 20:35

I showed you in every way that by hard work like that we must help those who are weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he said, 'It makes one happier to give than to be given to.' "

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether I am at home or away from it, it is my ambition to please him.

2 Corinthians 6:1

As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

2 Corinthians 11:23

If they are Christian workers?? am talking like a madman!?? am a better one! with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, vastly worse beatings, and in frequent danger of death.

Galatians 4:11

I begin to be afraid that perhaps the labor I spent on you was wasted.

Philippians 2:16

offering men the message of life. Then I will have reason to boast of you on the Day of Christ, because my exertion and labor have not been wasted.

Philippians 2:19

I hope, with the help of the Lord Jesus, to send Timothy to you soon, so that I, too, may be cheered by having news about you.

Colossians 1:29

That is what I am working for, fighting with all the energy with which he so mightily endows me.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember, brothers, how we toiled and labored. We worked night and day, when we preached the good news to you, in order not to be a burden to any of you.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those who are found guilty you must reprove publicly, as a warning to others.

2 Timothy 2:6

The farmer who does the work ought to be the first to have some of the produce.

Titus 1:5

I left you behind in Crete expressly to correct what defects there were, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you??6 men of irreproachable character, who have been married only once, whose children are Christians, free from any suspicion of profligacy or disobedience.

Titus 2:15

This is what you must teach and urge and insist upon with full authority. No one is to look down on you.