Colossians 4:17

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Summary

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.

Archippus

Philemon 1:2

Take

The ministry

2 Timothy 2:2

Fulfil

2 Timothy 4:5

Bible References

Archippus

and to the sister Apphia and to Archippus our fellow-soldier, and to the assembly which is in thine house.

Take

And Moses said to Aaron, This is what Jehovah spoke, saying, I will be hallowed in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.

And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to do service unto him, and to be his ministers and incense-burners.

And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.

I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

The ministry

for he was numbered amongst us, and had received a part in this service.

And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,

Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.

For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

And the things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, such as shall be competent to instruct others also.

Fulfil

But thou, be sober in all things, bear evils, do the work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry.