Thematic Bible: Ministers should
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Attend to
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
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Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold, in sincerity
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
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In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold steadfastly
Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
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Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Continue in
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Be nourished up in
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Speak things which become
But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:
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Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
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Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge: But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy; Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
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Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
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Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
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Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;
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Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;
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For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong, Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.
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Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.
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For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
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I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
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Joy » Ministers should » Esteem their people as their
So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
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For you are our glory and our joy.
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Joy » Ministers should » Promote, in their people
And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;
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Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
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Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.
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Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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Joy » Ministers should » Pray for, for their people
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Joy » Ministers should » Come to their people with
So that I may come to you in joy by the good pleasure of God, and have rest with you.
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Joy » Ministers should » Finish their course with
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Instruct opposers with
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong, Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
Meekness » Ministers should » Follow after
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Urge, on their people
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work, To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
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Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Pray for the fruit of, in their people
And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;
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Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Follow after
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
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But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be armed with
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be preachers of
And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be clothed with
Righteousness » Ministers should » Reason of
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
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Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.
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Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:
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Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears, Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land, When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years. read more.
So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways; And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest. My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways; And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest. My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
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national Sins » Ministers should » Testify against
Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
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Now go, put it in writing before them on a board, and make a record of it in a book, so that it may be for the future, a witness for all time to come.
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Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
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And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day. And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord. And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.
And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear to her all her disgusting ways.
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national Sins » Ministers should » Mourn over
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?
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This is what the Lord has said: Give blows with your hand, stamping with your foot, and say, O sorrow! because of all the evil and disgusting ways of the children of Israel: for death will overtake them by the sword and through need of food and by disease.
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But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
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And when he gave orders to the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the winged ones, then he went in and took his place at the side of a wheel.
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national Sins » Ministers should » Pray for forgiveness of
Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold; But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.
national Sins » Ministers should » Try to turn the people from
But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
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Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
Because it has come to my knowledge, through those of the house of Chloe, that there are divisions among you, my brothers.
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Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men?
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But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For first of all, it has come to my ears that when you come together in the church, there are divisions among you, and I take the statement to be true in part.
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.
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Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
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Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
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Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
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Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
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And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
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Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart: These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:
Truth » Ministers should » Approve themselves by
In the true word, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
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For I was not put to shame in anything in which I may have made clear to him my pride in you; but as we said nothing to you but what was true, so the good things which I said to Titus about you were seen by him to be true.
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Truth » Ministers should » Speak
For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.
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So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?
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Truth » Ministers should » Teach in
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
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Works, good » Ministers should » Exhort to
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use; And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;
Works, good » Ministers should » Be patterns of
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
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