The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t be moving from house to house.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you.”

So Elisha answered, “Please, let me inherit two shares of your spirit.”

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of forced labor is over,
her iniquity has been pardoned,
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”

I will first repay them double for their guilt and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.”

Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
shatter them with total destruction.

Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.

Take note: I have told you in advance.

After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go.

The Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?

I sent you to reap what you didn’t labor for; others have labored, and you have benefited from their labor.”

They did this, sending it to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs.

Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

also to submit to such people, and to everyone who works and labors with them.

Working together with Him, we also appeal to you, “Don’t receive God’s grace in vain.”

The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.

Hold firmly to the message of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing.

Yes, I also ask you, true partner, to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life.

Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

In fact, we labor and strive for this, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Support widows who are genuinely widows.

The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.

Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy greet you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Rule

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
Take note: I have told you in advance.
The Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
if exhorting, in exhortation;
giving, with generosity;
leading, with diligence;
showing mercy, with cheerfulness.
Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Be

Support widows who are genuinely widows.
So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.
Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs.
Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a Christian wife like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?
The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.
Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

Double

After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you.”

So Elisha answered, “Please, let me inherit two shares of your spirit.”
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and announce to her
that her time of forced labor is over,
her iniquity has been pardoned,
and she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.”
I will first repay them double for their guilt and sin because they have polluted My land. They have filled My inheritance with the lifelessness of their detestable and abhorrent idols.”
Let my persecutors be put to shame,
but don’t let me be put to shame.
Let them be terrified, but don’t let me be terrified.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
shatter them with total destruction.
Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Word

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
Proclaim the message; persist in it whether convenient or not; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

General references

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.
The one who is taught the message must share all his good things with the teacher.

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