1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
Matthew 13:51-52
"Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said.
John 5:39
"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;
Acts 6:4
But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."
Acts 17:11
The Jews at Beroea were of a nobler disposition than those in Thessalonica, for they very readily received the Message, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether it was as Paul stated.
Romans 12:8
The teacher must do the same in his teaching; and he who exhorts others, in his exhortation. He who gives should be liberal; he who is in authority should be energetic and alert; and he who succours the afflicted should do it cheerfully.
1 Corinthians 14:3
But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort.
1 Corinthians 14:6
But, brethren, as things are, if I come to you speaking in 'tongues,' what benefit shall I confer on you, if the utterance is neither in the form of a revelation nor of additional knowledge nor of prophecy nor of teaching?
1 Corinthians 14:26
What then, brethren? Whenever you assemble, there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise, a sermon, a revelation, a 'tongue,' or an interpretation. Let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character.
1 Timothy 3:14-15
All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to come to see you.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
1 Timothy 4:16
Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
2 Timothy 2:15-17
Earnestly seek to commend yourself to God as a servant who, because of his straightforward dealing with the word of truth, has no reason to feel any shame.
2 Timothy 4:2
proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
Titus 2:15
Thus speak, exhort, reprove, with all impressiveness. Let no one make light of your authority.