Thematic Bible: Ministers should
Thematic Bible
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Attend to
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold, in sincerity
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold steadfastly
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Continue in
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Be nourished up in
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Speak things which become
Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Joy » Ministers should » Esteem their people as their
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Joy » Ministers should » Promote, in their people
And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
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Joy » Ministers should » Pray for, for their people
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
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Joy » Ministers should » Come to their people with
That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
Joy » Ministers should » Finish their course with
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Instruct opposers with
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Meekness » Ministers should » Follow after
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Meekness » Ministers should » Urge, on their people
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Righteousness » Ministers should » Pray for the fruit of, in their people
Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Righteousness » Ministers should » Follow after
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be armed with
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be preachers of
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be clothed with
Righteousness » Ministers should » Reason of
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. read more.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
national Sins » Ministers should » Testify against
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
national Sins » Ministers should » Mourn over
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine 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 sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
national Sins » Ministers should » Pray for forgiveness of
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
national Sins » Ministers should » Try to turn the people from
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Truth » Ministers should » Approve themselves by
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
Truth » Ministers should » Speak
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
Truth » Ministers should » Teach in
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
Works, good » Ministers should » Exhort to
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Works, good » Ministers should » Be patterns of
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,