John 10:4

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Summary

John 10:4

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

He goeth

For

Song of Songs 5:2

General references

1 Corinthians 4:16

Bible References

He goeth

If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.

for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;

Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

I will surely assemble, O Jacob, the whole of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Be my imitators, even as I also am of Christ.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,

For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus;

where Jesus is entered as forerunner for us, become for ever a high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.

looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured the cross, having despised the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do ye also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in the flesh has done with sin,

not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.

For

All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

Pilate therefore said to him, Thou art then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

General references

I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.