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Afflicted saints » Should imitate the prophets
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Remember those who are your leaders, who spake to you the word of God; and, considering the issue of whose manner of life, imitate their faith.
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Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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neither as lording it over the allotted charges, but becoming examples to the flock;
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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity, sound speech not to be condemned; that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say concerning us.
And ye became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit; so that ye became a model to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we have no need to speak anything;
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord. Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly desires, which, indeed, war against the soul; having your conduct seemly among the gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may, from your good works which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourself to every human ordinance, for the Lord's sake; whether to a king as supreme; read more.
or to governors, as sent through him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for praise to those who do well; for so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God. Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse. For this is acceptable, if, for conscience toward God, one endures griefs, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God. For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously; Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by Whose bruise ye were healed. For, as sheep, ye were going astray; but now ye returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
or to governors, as sent through him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for praise to those who do well; for so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men; as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God. Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse. For this is acceptable, if, for conscience toward God, one endures griefs, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God. For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously; Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by Whose bruise ye were healed. For, as sheep, ye were going astray; but now ye returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
For thus, in former times, the holy women also, who hoped in God, were wont to adorn themselves, submitting themselves to their own husbands; as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm.
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By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.
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Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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for I gave you an example, that, as I did to you, ye also should do.
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For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;
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not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.
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Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,
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fruit of the Spirit » Patience
that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and long-suffering, inherit the promises.
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Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth; being patient over it, until it receives the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near. Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged: behold, The Judge has taken His stand before the doors! read more.
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord. Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord. Behold, we pronounce those happy who endured: ye heard of the patience of Job; and ye saw the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Good » Christ's » Example
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.
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Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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for I gave you an example, that, as I did to you, ye also should do.
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For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;
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not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.
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Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,
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Patience » Instances of » The prophets
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Prophecy » They who uttered » Spake in the name of the lord
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Prophets » Spake in the name of the lord
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Prophets » Great patience of, under suffering
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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Prophets » Voice
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
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Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning.
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(as He spake through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old),
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that ye remember the words spoken before by holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Savior by your apostles.
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Now this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.
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Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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for I gave you an example, that, as I did to you, ye also should do.
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For to this were ye called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that ye should follow His steps;
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not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves as a model to you, that ye might imitate us.
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Let no one despise your youth; but become a model for believers, in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,
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Suffering » For Christ
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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And the God of all grace, Who called you into His everlasting glory in Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, settle you.
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but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of His glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. If ye are reproached in Christ's name, happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and that of God rests upon you.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly;
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but to you it was granted as a favor in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but in His behalf to suffer also;
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if we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
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for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.
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that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
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And, in like manner, the Spirit also helpeth our weakness; for we know not what to pray for as we ought; but the Spirit Himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him. For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us. For the earnest longing of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God. read more.
For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of choice, but by reason of Him Who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now; and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of choice, but by reason of Him Who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now; and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
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and we toil, laboring with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.
and our hope in your behalf is steadfast, knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye of the consolation also.
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For we who live are always delivered up to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So that death is working in us, but life in you. But, having the same spirit of faith, according to what has been written, "I believed, therefore did I speak"; we believe, therefore also we speak; read more.
knowing that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, abounding through the many, may make the thanksgiving abound, to the glory of God. Wherefore, we faint not; but even if our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
knowing that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, abounding through the many, may make the thanksgiving abound, to the glory of God. Wherefore, we faint not; but even if our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light tribulation is working out for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
For, in fact, he was sick, near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him, therefore, the more urgently, that, seeing him again, ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful. Receive him, therefore, in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor; read more.
because, for the work of Christ, he came near to death; imperiling his soul, that he might fill up your lack of ministry toward me.
because, for the work of Christ, he came near to death; imperiling his soul, that he might fill up your lack of ministry toward me.
so that we ourselves glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which ye endure; a proof of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye may be accounted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;
Voice » God's » Of the prophets
Take, brethren, as an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."
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Whom Heaven must retain, until the times of restoration of all things of which God spake through the mouth of all His holy prophets from the beginning.
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(as He spake through the mouth of His holy prophets from of old),
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that ye remember the words spoken before by holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Savior by your apostles.
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Now this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
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