Thematic Bible: Ministers should
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Attend to
Until I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching.
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Take heed to yourself, and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold, in sincerity
For we are not as the many, making merchandise of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.
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in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Hold steadfastly
Hold the pattern of healthful words which you heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
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holding fast the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the healthful doctrine, and to convict those who contradict.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Continue in
Take heed to yourself, and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Be nourished up in
Suggesting these things to the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have strictly followed;
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Doctrines of the The Gospel » Ministers should » Speak things which become
But speak the things which become the healthful teaching;
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Holiness » Ministers should » Exhort to
Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord;
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as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance; but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct; because it has been written, "Ye shall be holy, because I am Holy."
Holiness » Ministers should » Avoid » Everything » Inconsistent with
Holiness » Ministers should » Be examples of
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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Holiness » Ministers should » Possess
but hospitable, a lover of good, sober-minded, righteous, pious, temperate;
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Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
able to bear with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with infirmity;
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now a servant of the Lord must not engage in strife, but should be gentle towards all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong, in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
for, passing through, and considering your objects of worship, I found also an altar on which had been inscribed, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. What, therefore, in ignorance ye worship, this I declare to you.
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Joy » Ministers should » Have, in the faith and holiness of their people
Great is my boldness toward you; great is my glorying on your behalf; I am filled with consolation; I overflow with joy in all our tribulation.
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For what thanksgiving can we render again to God concerning you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God;
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I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.
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Joy » Ministers should » Esteem their people as their
Therefore, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved.
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For ye are our glory and joy.
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Joy » Ministers should » Promote, in their people
And, having become assured of this, I know that I shall abide, and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
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Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith ye have been standing.
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Joy » Ministers should » Desire to render an account with
holding forth the word of life, for an occasion of glorying to me at the day of Christ, that I ran not in vain, neither labored in vain.
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Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be 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, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Joy » Ministers should » Come to their people with
that, coming to you in joy through the will of God, I may with you be refreshed.
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Joy » Ministers should » Finish their course with
But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Instruct opposers with
now a servant of the Lord must not engage in strife, but should be gentle towards all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong, in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,
Meekness » Ministers should » Follow after
But do you, O man of God, flee these things: but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, mildness.
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Meekness » Ministers should » Urge, on their people
Remind them to submit to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work; to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.
Offence » Ministers should » Be cautious of giving
giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministry be not blamed;
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Offence » Ministers should » Remove that which causes
Righteousness » Ministers should » Pray for the fruit of, in their people
And He Who supplieth seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
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being filled with the fruit of righteousness, which is through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Follow after
But do you, O man of God, flee these things: but pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, mildness.
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But flee youthful desires; and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those calling upon the Lord out of 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 righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be preachers of
and spared not the old world; but preserved Noah, an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing a flood upon a world of ungodly people;
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Righteousness » Ministers should » Be clothed with
Righteousness » Ministers should » Reason of
And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"
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Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Pray that their people may be forgiven for
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Warn their people against
Wherefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, "To-day, if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted Me by proving Me, and saw My works, forty years. read more.
Wherefore, I was displeased with that generation, and said, 'They do always err in their heart, and they did not know My ways; as I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest.'" Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
Wherefore, I was displeased with that generation, and said, 'They do always err in their heart, and they did not know My ways; as I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest.'" Take heed, brethren, lest at any time there shall be in anyone of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;
Self-will and stubbornness » Ministers should » Be without
For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain;
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national Sins » Ministers should » Testify against
national Sins » Ministers should » Mourn over
national Sins » Ministers should » Pray for forgiveness of
national Sins » Ministers should » Try to turn the people from
Strife » Ministers should » Reprove
For it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?
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But, in giving this charge, I praise you not; because, not for the better, but for the worse, do ye come together. For, first, when ye come together in an assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it;
Strife » Ministers should » Warn against
Now I beseech you, brethren, through 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 perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
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Of these things put them in remembrance, solemnly charging them before God, that they engage not in word-battles to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
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Strife » Ministers should » Avoid
now a servant of the Lord must not engage in strife, but should be gentle towards all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,
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not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
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Strife » Ministers should » Avoid questions that lead to
But shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strife, and contentions about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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But the foolish and ignorant questionings reject, knowing that they beget strifes;
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Strife » Ministers should » Not preach through
Some, indeed, preach Christ even because of envy and strife; and some also of good-will; the one, from love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the Gospel;
Truth » Ministers should » Approve themselves by
in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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but we renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, not 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.
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For, if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, I was not made ashamed; but, as we spake all things to you in truth, so also our glorying before Titus was found to be truth.
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Truth » Ministers should » Speak
For, if I should desire to glory, I would not be foolish, for I shall be speaking truth; but I forbear, lest some one should think, in regard to me, above what he sees me to be, or hears from me.
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So, then, have I become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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Truth » Ministers should » Teach in
whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak truth, I lie not), a teacher of gentiles in faith and truth.
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Works, good » Ministers should » Exhort to
Charge those who are rich in this present age, not to be high-minded, nor to have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, Who giveth us richly all things for enjoyment; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, free to impart, liberal;
Works, good » Ministers should » Be patterns of
in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in teaching, showing incorruptness, gravity,
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