Thematic Bible: Should preach
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Ministers » Should preach » Without deceitfulness
For I am no peddler of God's message, like most men, but like a man of sincerity, commissioned by God and in his presence, in union with Christ I utter his message.
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We never used flattery, as you know, or found pretexts for making money, as God is our witness.
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I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.
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For our appeal does not rest on a delusion, nor spring from any impure motive; there is no fraud about it.
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Ministers » Should preach » Not with enticing words of man's wisdom
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good news??ut not with fine language, or the cross of Christ might seem an empty thing.
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and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,
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So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language,
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Ministers » Should preach » With boldness
What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops. Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.
Ministers » Should preach » Without charge, if possible
You remember, brothers, how we toiled and labored. We worked night and day, when we preached the good news to you, in order not to be a burden to any of you.
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What pay then do I get? Why, that in my preaching I can offer the good news without cost, and so not take full advantage of my rights as a preacher.
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Ministers » Should preach » Christ crucified
Philip reached the city of Samaria, and proclaimed the Christ to them.
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Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus.
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for I resolved, while I was with you, to forget everything but Jesus Christ and his crucifixion.
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Ministers » Should preach » Fully, and without reserve
for I have not shrunk from letting you know God's purpose without reserve.
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I never shrank from telling you anything that was for your good, nor from teaching you in public or at your houses,
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"Go, take your stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new life."
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Ministers » Should preach » With constancy
while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."
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preach the message; be at it in season and out of season; convince, reprove, exhort people, with perfect patience and willingness to teach.
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Ministers » Should preach » With consistency
As surely as God can be relied on, there has been no equivocation about our message to you. The Son of God, Christ Jesus, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus, Timothy, and I, you have not found wavering between "Yes" and "No." With him it has always been "Yes,"
Ministers » Should preach » Everywhere
And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed their message by the signs that attended it.
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Those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.
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Ministers » Should preach » With good will and love
Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will. These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news. But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear.
Ministers » Should preach » With zeal
That was the kind of affection we had for you, which made us ready to share with you not only God's good news but our own lives too, because you were so dear to us.
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Ministers » Should preach » With plainness of speech
So since I have such a hope, I speak with great frankness,
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Ministers » Should preach » Not setting forth themselves
For it is not myself but Christ Jesus that I am proclaiming as Lord; I am only a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.
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Ministers » Should preach » With faithfulness
Ministers » Should preach » With heedfulness
Look out for yourself and for your teaching. Persevere in your work, for if you do you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
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Ministers » Should preach » According to the oracles of God
If one preaches, let him do it like one who utters the words of God; if one does some service, let him do it as with strength which God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Ministers » Should preach » Repentance and faith
but earnestly urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn to God in repentance and to believe in our Lord Jesus.
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