Thematic Bible: Should preach
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Ministers » Should preach » Without deceitfulness
We are; for, unlike most teachers, we are not fraudulent hucksters of God's Message; but with transparent motives, as commissioned by God, in God's presence and in communion with Christ, so we speak.
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For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves--God is our witness;
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Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
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For our preaching was not grounded on a delusion, nor prompted by mingled motives, nor was there fraud in it.
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Ministers » Should preach » Not with enticing words of man's wisdom
Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the Good News; and not in merely wise words--lest the Cross of Christ should be deprived of its power.
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And my language and the Message that I proclaimed were not adorned with persuasive words of earthly wisdom, but depended upon truths which the Spirit taught and mightily carried home;
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And as for myself, brethren, when I came to you, it was not with surpassing power of eloquence or earthly wisdom that I came, announcing to you that which God had commanded me to bear witness to.
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Ministers » Should preach » With boldness
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses. "And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Ministers » Should preach » Without charge, if possible
For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News.
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What are my wages then? The very fact that the Good News which I preach will cost my hearers nothing, so that I cannot be charged with abuse of my privileges as a Christian preacher.
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Ministers » Should preach » Christ crucified
while Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed Christ there.
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Then Philip began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus.
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For I determined to be utterly ignorant, when among you, of everything except of Jesus Christ, and of Him as having been crucified.
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Ministers » Should preach » Fully, and without reserve
For I have not shrunk from declaring to you God's whole truth.
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and that I never shrank from declaring to you anything that was profitable, or from teaching you in public and in your homes,
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"Go and stand in the Temple, and go on proclaiming to the people all this Message of Life."
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Ministers » Should preach » With constancy
But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."
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proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
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Ministers » Should preach » With consistency
As certainly as God is faithful, our language to you is not now "Yes" and now "No." For Jesus Christ the Son of God--He who was proclaimed among you by us, that is by Silas and Timothy and myself--did not show Himself a waverer between "Yes" and "No." But it was and always is "Yes" with Him.
Ministers » Should preach » Everywhere
But they went out and made proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming their Message by the signs which accompanied it.
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Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
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Ministers » Should preach » With good will and love
Some indeed actually preach Christ out of envy and contentiousness but there are also others who do it from good will. These latter preach Him from love to me, knowing that I am here for the defence of the Good News; while the others proclaim Him from motives of rivalry, and insincerely, supposing that by this they are embittering my imprisonment.
Ministers » Should preach » With zeal
Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.
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Ministers » Should preach » With plainness of speech
Therefore, cherishing a hope like this, we speak without reserve, and we do not imitate Moses,
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Ministers » Should preach » Not setting forth themselves
(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)
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Ministers » Should preach » With faithfulness
Ministers » Should preach » With heedfulness
Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
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Ministers » Should preach » According to the oracles of God
If any one preaches, let it be as uttering God's truth; if any one renders a service to others, let it be in the strength which God supplies; so that in everything glory may be given to God in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the might to the Ages of the Ages. Amen.
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Ministers » Should preach » Repentance and faith
and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.
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