Thematic Bible: Are bound, to
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Feed the church
Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, so as to continue to be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.
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be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though you had to but of your own free will, not from the motive of personal profit but freely,
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After they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, are you more devoted to me than you are to these things?" Peter answered Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my lambs." Jesus again said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you really devoted to me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep." For the third time Jesus asked him, "Simon, son of John, do you really tenderly love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus the third time asked him, "Do you really tenderly love me?" So he answered Him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I do tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then feed my sheep.
Ministers » Are bound, to » Build up the church
for the immediate equipment of God's people for the work of service, for the ultimate building up of the body of Christ,
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Are you thinking all this time that I am defending myself to you? It is in the very presence of God and as one who is in union with Christ that I am speaking. And it is all for building you up, beloved, for I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, when I come I shall find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Preach the gospel to all
He who believes it and is baptized will be saved, but he who does not believe it will be condemned.
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For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news -- but not by means of wisdom and rhetoric, so that the cross of Christ may not be emptied of its power.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » War a good warfare
I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.
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This is the instruction which I entrust to you, my son Timothy, which is in accordance with the prophetic utterances formerly made about you, that you may, aided by them, continue to fight the good fight,
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Pray for their people
This is why, ever since I heard of it, I have never ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full wisdom and spiritual insight, with a clear knowledge of His will,
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Strengthen the faith of their people
strengthening the hearts of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, and warning them that it is through enduring many hardships that we must get into the kingdom of God.
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but I have prayed especially for you that your own faith may not utterly fail. And you yourself, after you have turned, must strengthen your brothers."
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Rebuke
Now this tendency is true. So continue correcting them severely, that they may be healthy in faith,
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You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Exhort
and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.
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You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Comfort
who comforts me in every sorrow I have, so that I can comfort people who are in sorrow with the comfort with which I am comforted by God. For just as my sufferings for Christ are running over the cup, so through Christ my comfort is running over too. If I am in sorrow, it is on behalf of your comfort and salvation; if I am comforted, it is for the comfort that is experienced by you in your patient endurance of the same sort of sufferings that I am enduring too.
Ministers » Are bound, to » Endure hardness
Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Watch for souls
Continue to obey and to be submissive to your leaders, for they are ever watching in defense of your souls, as men who will have to give account of their trust. Treat them in this way, so that they may work with joy and not with grief.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Teach
The things you learned from me before many witnesses you must commit to trustworthy men who will be competent to teach others too.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Warn affectionately
So ever be on your guard and always remember that for three years, night and day, I never ceased warning you one by one, and that with tears.
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Ministers » Are bound, to » Convince gainsayers
and a man who continues to cling to the trustworthy message as he was taught it, so that he may be competent to encourage others with wholesome teaching and to convict those who oppose him.
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- Attending Church
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- Church Authority, Of Eldars
- Church, Titles Of
- Exhortation, Objects Of
- Faith, As A Body Of Beliefs
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