Thematic Bible: Ministers should
Thematic Bible
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Attend to
Take heed to thyself, and to the doctrine; remain in them: for doing this, and thou shalt save thyself, and them hearing thee.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold, in sincerity
For we are not as the many adulterating the word of God: but as of purity, but as of God, before the face of God speak we in Christ.
Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold steadfastly
Hold the model of sound words, which thou didst hear of me, in the faith and love which in Christ Jesus.
Holding firmly the faithful word according to instruction, that he may be able also to beseech in sound doctrine, and to refute those opposing.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Continue in
Take heed to thyself, and to the doctrine; remain in them: for doing this, and thou shalt save thyself, and them hearing thee.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Be nourished up in
These having laid down to the brethren, thou shalt be a good servant of Jesus Christ, brought up in the words of faith and good doctrine, which thou bast closely followed.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Speak things which become
Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Follow peace with all, and consecration, without which none shall see the Lord:
As children of obedience, not as formerly conforming yourselves to eager desire in your ignorance: But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back; For it has been written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
They shall be holy to their God, and profane not the name of their God: for the sacrifices of Jehovah, and the bread of their God they bring: and they were holy.
Turn aside, turn aside, come ye forth from thence; ye shall not touch the unclean thing; come forth from the midst of her; be separated ye lifting up the vessels of Jehovah.
Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
Let none despise thy youth; but be thou a type of the faithful, in word, in intercourse, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Verse Concepts
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Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
But hospitable, a lover of good, of sound mind, just, holy, holding firm;
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
Being able to moderate the passions to the ignorant, and deceived; since he also is surrounded with weakness.
And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all, giving instruction, enduring evil, In meekness instructing them being in a contrary state; lest perhaps God may give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth;
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For having passed by, and beholding your venerations, I found also an altar upon which was inscribed, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom not knowing therefore ye reverence, him I announce to you.
Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
Much freedom of speech to me toward you; to me much boasting over you: I am filled with consolation, I superabound in joy in all your pressure.
For what thankfulness can we return to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for you before our God;
I have no joy greater than these that I hear my children walking in truth.
Joy » Ministers should » Esteem their people as their
Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand ye in the Lord, dearly beloved.
Joy » Ministers should » Promote, in their people
And confident in this, I know that I shall remain, and shall remain near together with you all for your advancement and joy of faith:
Not that we are masters of your faith, but we are aiders of your joy: for ye have stood in the faith.
Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
Holding on to the word of life; for boasting to me in the day of Christ, for I ran not in vain, nor was I wearied in vain.
Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.
Verse Concepts
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Joy » Ministers should » Pray for, for their people
And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Verse Concepts
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Joy » Ministers should » Come to their people with
That in joy I might come to you by the will of God, and rest with you.
Joy » Ministers should » Finish their course with
But the word of none do I make mine own, neither have I my soul highly prized to myself, in order to finish my course with joy, and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Instruct opposers with
And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all, giving instruction, enduring evil, In meekness instructing them being in a contrary state; lest perhaps God may give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth;
Meekness » Ministers should » Follow after
And thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow justice, devotion, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Meekness » Ministers should » Urge, on their people
Remind them to be subordinate to beginnings and powers, to yield obedience to authority, to be prepared for every good work, To slander none, to be without fighting, equitable, showing all meekness to all men.
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
Giving no offence in any thing, that the service be not blamed:
Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
And he shall say, Lift ye up, lift ye up; clear the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people.
Righteousness » Ministers should » Pray for the fruit of, in their people
And now he furnishing seed to him sowing, and bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing-season, and increase the fruits of your justice;)
Filled with the fruits of justice, by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Righteousness » Ministers should » Follow after
And thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow justice, devotion, faith, love, patience, meekness.
And flee youthful, eager desires: and follow justice, faith, love, peace, with them calling upon the Lord from a pure heart.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be armed with
In the word of truth, in the power of God, through the weapons of justice of the right hands and the left,
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be preachers of
And spared not the old world, but Noah the eighth, a herald of justice, he watched, having brought an inundation upon the world of the irreligious;
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be clothed with
Righteousness » Ministers should » Reason of
And he discoursing of justice, and temperance, and judgment about to be, Felix being terrified, answered, Having now, go; having taken time, I will recall thee.
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
And he will say, If now I found grace in thine eyes, my lord, my lord will go now in the midst of us (for it is a people of a hard neck) and forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take possession of us.
Remember thy servants, for Abraham, for Isaak, and for Jacob, thou wilt not look to the stubbornness of this people, and to its wickedness, and to its sin:
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
Wherefore (as the Holy Spirit says, If to day ye hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the exasperation, in the day of trial in the desert: Where your fathers tried me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. read more.
Wherefore I was offended with that generation and I said, They always wander in heart; and they knew not my ways. As I aware in my wrath, If they shall come into my rest.) See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in removing away from the living God.
Wherefore I was offended with that generation and I said, They always wander in heart; and they knew not my ways. As I aware in my wrath, If they shall come into my rest.) See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in removing away from the living God.
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For a bishop must be irreproachable, as steward of God; not self-sufficient, not prone to anger, not intemperate, not a striker, not occupied in sordid gain.
national Sins » Ministers should » Testify against
Call with the throat; thou shalt not spare; as a trumpet lift up thy voice, and announce to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sin.
Now go, write it to them upon a tablet, and engrave it upon a book, and it shall be for the latter day, forever even forever.
Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call against it; for their evil came up before me.
And he will say to me, Son of man, I send thee to the sons of Israel, to rebellious nations who rebelled against me: they and their fathers transgressed against me even to this same day. And the sons hard of face and strong of heart. I send thee to them; and say to them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah. And if they will hear, and if they will desist, (for they a house of contradiction,) and they shall know that a prophet was in the midst of them.
Thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the city of bloods, and make her to know all her abominations?
national Sins » Ministers should » Mourn over
Between the porch and to the altar the priests serving Jehovah shall weep, and they shall say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and thou wilt not give thine inheritance to reproach for the nations to rule over them: wherefore shall they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Strike with thy hand and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the famine and by the sword and by death.
And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in hiding places from the face of pride, and mine eye weeping shall weep and bring down tears, because the flock of Jehovah was taken captive.
And it will be in his commanding the man clothed with linen, saying, Take the fire from between the wheel from between the cherubs; and he will go in and stand by the wheel.
national Sins » Ministers should » Pray for forgiveness of
And Moses will turn back to Jehovah, and say, Ah, now, this people sinned a great sin, and they will make to them golden gods. And now if thou wilt, lift up their sin; and if not, wipe me off from thy book which thou didst write.
national Sins » Ministers should » Try to turn the people from
And if they stood in my consultation, and they will cause my people to hear my word, and turn them back from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.
Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
For it was manifested to me concerning you, my brethren, by them of Chloe, that there are contentions with you.
For yet are ye carnal: for wherefore envy in you, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man?
And this announcing I approve not, that not for the better come ye together, but for the worse. For truly first, ye coming together in the church, I hear divisions to be among you; and some part I believe.
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
And I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same, and there be no divisions in you; and ye be set in order in the same mind and in the same knowledge.
Put these things in mind, calling to witness before the Lord not to wrangle for nothing useful, to the subversion of them hearing.
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
And the servant of the Lord must not contend; but be gentle to all, giving instruction, enduring evil,
Not intoxicated, not a quarrelsome person, not occupied in sordid gain; but equitable, without fighting, exempt from avarice;
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
And foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and conflicts pertaining to the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.
And silly and ignorant questions refuse, knowing that they produce strifes.
Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
And some truly by envy and strife, and some also by kindness of disposition, proclaim Christ. Some truly of hired labor announce Christ, not purely, thinking to bring pressure upon my bonds:
Truth » Ministers should » Approve themselves by
In the word of truth, in the power of God, through the weapons of justice of the right hands and the left,
But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craft, neither adulterating the word of God; but by manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every consciousness of man before God.
For if I have boasted anything to him of you, I was not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, so also was our boasting over Titus the truth.
Truth » Ministers should » Speak
For if I be willing to boast, I shall not be mad; for the truth will I say: and I spare, lest any reckon for me above what he sees me, or what he hears of me.
Have I then been your enemy, speaking truth to you
Truth » Ministers should » Teach in
For which I was placed a herald, and the sent, (I speak truth in Christ, I lie not;) a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.
Works, good » Ministers should » Exhort to
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit; To do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal, qualified for participation;
Works, good » Ministers should » Be patterns of
Concerning all things hold thyself a type of good works: in doctrine, integrity, gravity, incorruptibility,