And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful wise manager whom the master will put in charge over his servants to give [them] [their] food allowance at the right time?

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.

Be

Honor widows [who are] truly widows.

They also honored us with many honors, and [when we] were putting out to sea, they gave [us] the [things] {we needed}.

For they were pleased [to do so], and they are obligated to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual [things], they ought also to serve them in material [things].

Do we not have the right to take along a sister [as] wife, like the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good [things] with the one who teaches.

Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such [people] highly honored,

Double

After they crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I may do for you before I am taken away from you." Then Elisha said, "Please let there come to me a double portion of your spirit."

"Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, that her compulsory labor is fulfilled, that her sin is paid for, that she has {received} from the hand of Yahweh double for all her sins."

And {I will first doubly repay} their iniquity and their sin because of their profaning my land with the dead bodies of their abhorrences, and [with] their abominations they have filled up my inheritance.'"

Let my persecutors be put to shame, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of disaster, and [with] double destruction, destroy them.

Return to [the] fortress, O prisoners of hope; today [I am] declaring [that] I will repay you double.

Word

[By] teaching these [things] to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.

preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.

General references

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, and the two of them put [it] on [their] shoulders and, walking backward, they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces [were turned] backward, so that they did not see the nakedness of their father.

Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good [things] with the one who teaches.