Thematic Bible: Ministers should
Thematic Bible
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Attend to
Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold, in sincerity
For we are not, like so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
in all things showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness,
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold steadfastly
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Continue in
Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Be nourished up in
If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Speak things which become
Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior; because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing. Go out of the midst of her. Cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.
Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in faith, and in purity.
Verse Concepts
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Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.
The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.
Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
I have no greater joy than this, to hear about my children walking in truth.
Joy » Ministers should » Esteem their people as their
Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Joy » Ministers should » Promote, in their people
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.
Verse Concepts
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Joy » Ministers should » Pray for, for their people
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Verse Concepts
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PeaceTrusting God's PlanPeace And ComfortFaith And TrustPowerHope And FaithPeace And StrengthFaith Hope And LoveTrusting God In Difficult TimesHaving FaithStrength And FaithJoy As A Fruit Of The SpiritJoy And HappinessTrusting OthersHope KjvHope And LoveBelieving In YourselfFaith In GodGod's Plan For UsGod Being With YoughostsbeliefjoyfuljoyfulnessFinding Comfort In God
Joy » Ministers should » Come to their people with
that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
Joy » Ministers should » Finish their course with
But I make my life an account of nothing precious to myself, so that I may finish my race, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Verse Concepts
Meekness » Ministers should » Instruct opposers with
The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient, in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,
Meekness » Ministers should » Follow after
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Meekness » Ministers should » Urge, on their people
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
He will say, "Build up, build up, prepare 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
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Righteousness » Ministers should » Follow after
But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Verse Concepts
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be armed with
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be preachers of
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
Righteousness » Ministers should » Be clothed with
Righteousness » Ministers should » Reason of
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested me and challenged me, and saw my works for forty years. read more.
Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said, 'They always err in their heart, but they did not know my ways;' as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'" Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
Therefore I was displeased with this generation, and said, 'They always err in their heart, but they did not know my ways;' as I swore in my wrath, 'They will not enter into my rest.'" Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
national Sins » Ministers should » Testify against
"Cry aloud, do not spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.
"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me."
He said to me, "Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day. The children are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
"You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know 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 your people, LORD, and do not give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
"Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Strike with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, "Alas." because of 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 you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive."
It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
national Sins » Ministers should » Pray for forgiveness of
Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold. Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin?and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."
national Sins » Ministers should » Try to turn the people from
But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe's household, that there are contentions among you.
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, are you not fleshly, and do you not walk in the ways of men?
But in giving you this command, I do not praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Remind them of these things, charging them in the presence of God, that they do not argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
The Lord's servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,
not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.
Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
Some indeed proclaim Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will. The former insincerely proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
Truth » Ministers should » Approve themselves by
in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
Truth » Ministers should » Speak
For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.
So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Truth » Ministers should » Teach in
to which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
Works, good » Ministers should » Exhort to
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Works, good » Ministers should » Be patterns of
in all things showing yourself an example of good works. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness,