Thematic Bible: Should be
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.
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(for this was why the gospel was preached to the dead as well, that while they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live as God lives in the spirit).
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
you were bought for a price; then glorify God with your body.
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Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. Thus we are the Lord's whether we live or die;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Sin is not to reign, then, over your mortal bodies and make you obey their passions; you must not let sin have your members for the service of vice, you must dedicate yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, dedicating your members to God for the service of righteousness.
nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.
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So with everyone of you who will not part with all his goods he cannot be a disciple of mine.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."
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that freed from fear and from the hand of our foes we should worship him
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, brothers, we beg and beseech you in the Lord Jesus to follow our instructions about the way you are to live so as to satisfy God; you are leading that life, but you are to excel in it still further.
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Children » Should be » Judiciously trained
As for you fathers, do not exasperate your children, but bring them up in the discipline and on the admonitions of the Lord.
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Children » Should be » Instructed in the ways of God
Children » Should be » Brought early to the house of God
Children » Should be » Brought to Christ
Now people brought children for him to touch them, and the disciples checked them; but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these. I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all." read more.
Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and blessed them.
Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and blessed them.
Enemies » Should be » Assisted
if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.
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Enemies » Should be » Overcome by kindness
Enemies » Should be » Loved
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Enemies » Should be » Prayed for
Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Constantly maintained
Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in our callings
Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in giving a reason for our hope
but reverence Christ as Lord in your own hearts. Always be ready with a reply for anyone who calls you to account for the hope you cherish, but answer gently and with a sense of reverence;
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Godly Fear » Should be » Taught to others
Godly Fear » Should be » Prayed for
The Heart » Should be » Single
Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.
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Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself;
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The Heart » Should be » Applied unto wisdom
The Heart » Should be » Guided in the right way
The Heart » Should be » Given to God
The Heart » Should be » Tender
be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.
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The Heart » Should be » Kept with diligence
The Heart » Should be » Prepared unto God
The Heart » Should be » Perfect with God
The Heart » Should be » Purified
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Kings » Should be » Reverenced
Kings » Should be » Obeyed
Every subject must obey the government-authorities, for no authority exists apart from God; the existing authorities have been constituted by God.
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You must be obedient, therefore, not only to avoid the divine vengeance but as a matter of conscience,
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Submit for the Lord's sake to any human authority; submit to the emperor as supreme,
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Kings » Should be » Honored
Do honour to all, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honour the emperor.
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Pay them all their respective dues, tribute to one, taxes to another, respect to this man, honour to that.
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Kings » Should be » Prayed for
Well, my very first counsel is that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgiving, are to be offered for all men ??2 for kings and all in authority, that we may lead a tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
Kings » Should be » Feared
Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
Then Paul replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
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But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.
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Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:
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Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."
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God's Mercy » Should be » Magnified
God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for others
On all who will be guided by this rule, may peace and mercy rest, even upon the Israel of God.
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(may he find favour with the Lord on the great Day! The Lord grant it!). And you know very well what a help he was to me in Ephesus.
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to Timotheus his lawful son in the faith: grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
God's Mercy » Should be » Rejoiced in
God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for ourselves
Ministers » Should be » Ensamples to the flock
Copy me, brothers, one and all of you, and notice those who live by the example you get from me.
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Not that we have no right to such support; it was simply to give you a pattern to copy.
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Let no one slight you because you are a youth, but set the believers an example of speech, behaviour, love, faith, and purity.
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not by way of lording it over your charges but proving a pattern to the flock.
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Ministers » Should be » Affectionate to their people
fain, in our yearning affection for you, to impart not only the gospel of God to you but our very souls as well ??you had so won our love.
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It is only natural for me to be thinking of you all in this way, for alike in my prison and as I defend and vindicate the gospel, I bear in mind how you all share with me in the grace divine.
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how (as you know) we treated each of you as a father treats his children, beseeching you, encouraging you, and charging you
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Ministers » Should be » Disinterested
Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children.
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we never sought honour from men, from you or from anybody else, though as apostles of Christ we had the power of claiming to be men of weight;
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Ministers » Should be » Holy
he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;
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Ministers » Should be » Gentle
And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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no, we behaved gently when we were among you, like a nursing mother cherishing her own children,
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Ministers » Should be » Patient
I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities,
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And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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Ministers » Should be » Devoted
But then, I set no value on my own life as compared with the joy of finishing my course and fulfilling the commission I received from the Lord Jesus to attest the gospel of the grace of God.
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As life means Christ to me, so death means gain.
Ministers » Should be » Prayerful
For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father
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in all my prayers for you all I always pray with a sense of joy
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Ministers » Should be » Studious and meditative
Attend to your Scripture-reading, your preaching, and your teaching, till I come.
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Attend to these duties, let them absorb you, so that all men may note your progress.
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Ministers » Should be » Strict in ruling their own families
able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful
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Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly.
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Ministers » Should be » Apt to teach
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
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And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;
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Ministers » Should be » Pure
they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience.
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Ministers » Should be » Sober, just, and temperate
he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;
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Ministers » Should be » Blameless
[For a bishop must be above reproach ??he is a steward of God's house ??he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;
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Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
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Ministers » Should be » Hospitable
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
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he must be hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, a just man, a religious man, and abstemious;
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Ministers » Should be » Willing
be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,
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Ministers » Should be » Self-denying
Ministers » Should be » Impartial
In the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels, I adjure you to be unprejudiced in carrying out these orders; be absolutely impartial.
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Ministers » Should be » Strong in grace
Now, my son, be strong in the grace of Christ Jesus,
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Ministers » Should be » Watchful
Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.
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Ministers » Should be » Humble
how I served the Lord in all humility, with many a tear and many a trial which I encountered owing to the plots of the Jews,
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Obedience to God » Should be » From the heart
Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;
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Obedience to God » Should be » With willingness
Obedience to God » Should be » Undeviating
Obedience to God » Should be » Constant
Therefore, my beloved, as you have been obedient always and not simply when I was present, so, now that I am absent, work all the more strenuously at your salvation with reverence and trembling,
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Obedience to God » Should be » Unreserved
God, Power of » Should be » Acknowledged
God, Power of » Should be » Feared
Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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God, Power of » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.'
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God, Power of » Should be » Magnified
The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
and, after the reading of the Law and the prophets, the presidents of the synagogue sent to tell them, "Brothers, if you have any word of counsel for the people, say it."
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The scriptures » Should be » Taught to children
remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » Used against our spiritual enemies
He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."
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Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."
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Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God."
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The scriptures » Should be » Not only heard, but obeyed
But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"
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Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.
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Act on the Word, instead of merely listening to it and deluding yourselves.
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The scriptures » Should be » Taught to all
The scriptures » Should be » Laid up in the heart
The scriptures » Should be » Appealed to
so that, as it is written, let him who boasts boast of the Lord.
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The scriptures » Should be » Read
The scriptures » Should be » Received, not as the word of men, but as the word of God
We thank God constantly for this too, that when you received the word of the divine message from us, you took it not as a human word but for what it really is, the word of God. It proves effective in you believers,
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched
You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.
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They answered him, "And are you from Galilee, too? Search and you will see that no prophet ever springs from Galilee."
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The scriptures » Should be » Not handled deceitfully
I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.
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The scriptures » Should be » Talked of continually
The scriptures » Should be » Known
remember you have known from childhood the sacred writings that can impart saving wisdom by faith in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » The standard of teaching
If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.
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The scriptures » Should be » Received with meekness
so clear away all the foul rank growth of malice, and make a soil of modesty for the Word which roots itself inwardly with power to save your souls.
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched daily
where the people were more amenable than at Thessalonica; they were perfectly ready to receive the Word and made a daily study of the scriptures to see if it was really as Paul said.
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The scriptures » Should be » Believed
and when the disciples recalled what he had said, after he had been raised from the dead, they believed the scripture and the word of Jesus.
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Seeking God » Should be » With the heart
Seeking God » Should be » With diligence
and apart from faith it is impossible to satisfy him, for the man who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he does reward those who seek him.
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Seeking God » Should be » While he may be found
Seeking God » Should be » Immediate
Seeking God » Should be » Evermore
Seeking God » Should be » In the day of trouble
Sin » Should be » Hated
Sin » Should be » Departed from
But the solid foundation laid by God remains, and this is its inscription: the Lord knows who are his, and 'let everyone who names the name of the Lord give up evil.'
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Sin » Should be » Mortified
If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.
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So put to death those members that are on earth: sexual vice, impurity, appetite, evil desire, and lust (which is idolatry),
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Sin » Should be » Mourned over
Sin » Should be » Confessed
Sin » Should be » Guarded against
Sin » Should be » Avoided even in appearance
and abstaining from whatever kind is evil.
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Sin » Should be » Striven against
You have not had to shed blood yet in the struggle against sin.
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Sin » Should be » Abhorred
Let your love be a real thing, with a loathing for evil and a bent for what is good.
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Sin » Should be » Wholly destroyed
knowing as we do that our old self has been crucified with him in order to crush the sinful body and free us from any further slavery to sin
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Sin » Should be » Put away
national Sins » Should be » Confessed
national Sins » Should be » Turned from
national Sins » Should be » Repented of
national Sins » Should be » Mourned over
Waiting upon God » Should be » Specially in adversity
Waiting upon God » Should be » With patience
Waiting upon God » Should be » With the soul
Waiting upon God » Should be » With resignation
Waiting upon God » Should be » In the way of his judgments
Waiting upon God » Should be » With hope in his word
Waiting upon God » Should be » With earnest desire
Waiting upon God » Should be » Continually
Waiting upon God » Should be » All day
Waiting upon God » Should be » With full confidence
Watchfulness » Should be » With sobriety
Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!
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Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;
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Watchfulness » Should be » With prayer
praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty ??be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints
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From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."
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Watchfulness » Should be » With steadfastness in the faith
Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!
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Watchfulness » Should be » With thanksgiving
Attend to your prayers, maintain your zest for prayer by thanksgiving;
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Watchfulness » Should be » At all times
Watchfulness » Should be » In all things
Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With heedfulness
Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
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No one under sixty is to be put on the church's list of widows; and she must have been only once married,
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
Pure, unsoiled religion in the judgment of God the Father means this: to care for orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself from the stain of the world.
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