2 Timothy 4:5
But as for you, be clear-headed in every situation [stay calm and cool and steady], endure every hardship [without flinching], do the work of an evangelist, fulfill [the duties of] your ministry.
2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord or about me His prisoner, but with me take your share of suffering for the gospel [continue to preach regardless of the circumstances], in accordance with the power of God [for His power is invincible],
Acts 21:8
On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and we went to the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven [deacons], and stayed with him.
Colossians 4:17
And say to Archippus, “See to it that you fulfill [carefully the duties of] the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”
2 Timothy 2:3
Take with me your share of hardship [passing through the difficulties which you are called to endure], like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 4:11
And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct],
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one look down on [you because of] your youth, but be an example and set a pattern for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in [moral] purity.
2 Timothy 3:10-12
Now you have diligently followed [my example, that is] my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,
Isaiah 62:6
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed and stationed watchmen (prophets),
Who will never keep silent day or night;
You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves,
Jeremiah 6:17
“I have set watchmen (prophets) over you,
Saying, ‘Listen and pay attention to the [warning] sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Ezekiel 3:17
“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.
Ezekiel 33:2
“Son of man, speak to the sons of your people [who are exiled in Babylon] and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword on a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,
Ezekiel 33:7
“Now as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you shall hear a message from My mouth and give them a warning from Me.
Mark 13:34
Mark 13:37
Luke 12:37
Acts 20:30-31
even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].
Romans 15:19
with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] in the power of the Spirit. So [starting] from Jerusalem and as far away as
Colossians 1:25
In this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me for your sake, so that I might make the word of God fully known [among you]—
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
1 Timothy 4:15
Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all.
2 Timothy 2:10
For this reason I [am ready to] patiently endure all things for the sake of those who are the elect (God’s chosen ones), so that they too may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it the reward of eternal glory.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your [spiritual] leaders and submit to them [recognizing their authority over you], for they are keeping watch over your souls and continually guarding your spiritual welfare as those who will give an account [of their stewardship of you]. Let them do this with joy and not with grief and groans, for this would be of no benefit to you.
1 Peter 1:13
So prepare your minds for action, be completely sober [in spirit—steadfast, self-disciplined, spiritually and morally alert], fix your hope completely on the grace [of God] that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Revelation 3:2
Isaiah 56:9-10
All you beasts of the field,
All you beasts (hostile nations) in the forest,
Come to eat.