2 Timothy 2:15
Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.
John 21:15-17
Then after breakfast Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others do?" "Why, Lord," he said, "you know I love you." "Then feed my lambs," said Jesus.
Luke 12:42
The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time?
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to my words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you by God through miracles, wonders, and signs which God performed by him among you (as you yourselves know),
Acts 20:27
I never shrank from letting you know the entire purpose of God.
Romans 14:18
he who serves Christ on these lines, is acceptable to God and esteemed by men.
Romans 16:10
Salute that tried Christian, Apelles. Salute those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 2:6
We do discuss 'wisdom' with those who are mature; only it is not the wisdom of this world or of the dethroned Powers who rule this world,
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
But I could not discuss things with you, my brothers, as spiritual persons; I had to address you as worldlings, as mere babes in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:6
and he has further qualified me to be the minister of a new covenant ??a covenant not of written law but of spirit; for the written law kills but the Spirit makes alive.
2 Corinthians 4:2
I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.
2 Corinthians 5:9
Hence also I am eager to satisfy him, whether in the body or away from it;
2 Corinthians 6:3-4
I put no obstacle in the path of any, so that my ministry may not be discredited;
2 Corinthians 10:18
for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.
Galatians 1:10
Now is that 'appealing to the interests of men' or of God? Trying to 'satisfy men'? Why, if I still tried to give satisfaction to human masters, I would be no servant of Christ.
Ephesians 1:13
You also have heard the message of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, and in him you also by your faith have been stamped with the seal of the long-promised holy Spirit
1 Thessalonians 2:4
no, God has attested our fitness to be entrusted with the gospel, and so we tell the gospel not to satisfy men but to satisfy the God who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We beseech you, brothers, keep a check upon loafers, encourage the faint-hearted, sustain weak souls, never lose your temper with anyone;
1 Timothy 4:6
Lay this before the brotherhood, and you will be an excellent minister of Christ Jesus, brought up on the truths of the faith and on the lessons of the good doctrine you have already followed.
1 Timothy 4:12-16
Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.
Hebrews 5:11-14
On this point I have a great deal to say, which it is hard to make intelligible to you. For you have grown dull of hearing.
James 1:18
It was his own will that we should be born by the Word of the truth, to be a kind of firstfruits among his creatures.
2 Peter 1:10
So be the more eager, brothers, to ratify your calling and election, for as you practise these qualities you will never make a slip;
2 Peter 1:15
Yes, and I will see to it that even when I am gone, you will keep this constantly in mind.
2 Peter 3:14
Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.
Matthew 13:52
So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."
Mark 4:33
In many a parable like this he spoke the word to them, so far as they could listen to it;