Thematic Bible: Their people are bound, to
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Pray for them
because you are helping me by your prayers for me, so that thanks to God will be given by many on my behalf for God's gracious gift to me in answer to the prayers of many.
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Pray for me, for I am sure that I have a clear conscience, and in everything I want to live a noble life.
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and for me that a message may be given me when I open my lips, so that I may boldly make known the open secret of the good news,
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Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Hold them in reputation
So give him a hearty Christian welcome and hold in honor men like him,
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Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice the salary they get especially those who keep on toiling in preaching and teaching.
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continue to hold them in the highest esteem for the sake of the work they do. Practice living at peace with one another.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Support them
Those who are taught the truth should share all their goods with the man who teaches them.
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What soldier ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of its grapes? Who shepherds a flock and does not drink any of the milk the flock produces? I am not saying this only by way of human illustrations, am I? Does not the law say so too? For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox that is treading out your grain." Is it that God is concerned about oxen only? read more.
Is He not really speaking on our behalf? Yes, indeed, this law was written on our behalf, because the plowman ought to plow and the thresher ought to thresh, in the hope of sharing in the crop. If we have sown the spiritual seed for you, is it too great for us to reap a material support from you?
Is He not really speaking on our behalf? Yes, indeed, this law was written on our behalf, because the plowman ought to plow and the thresher ought to thresh, in the hope of sharing in the crop. If we have sown the spiritual seed for you, is it too great for us to reap a material support from you?
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Love them
Yes, just as you are growing rich in everything else, in faith, expression, knowledge, perfect enthusiasm, and the love inspired in you by us, you must see to it that you grow rich in this gracious contribution too.
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But now, since Timothy has just come back to me from you, and brought me good tidings of your faith and love, and told me how kindly you remembered me and that you are longing to see me as much as I am to see you,
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Give them joy
that is, to understand that you have grounds for boasting of me just as I have for boasting of you, on the day of our Lord Jesus.
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This is the very thing I wrote you, that when I did come I might not be made sad by the very people who ought to make me glad, for I had confidence in you all that my gladness would be gladness to you all.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Follow their holy example
Follow my example, brothers, and keep your eyes on those who practice living by the pattern we have set you.
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You must follow my example, just as I myself am following Christ's.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Obey them
Continue to obey and to be submissive to your leaders, for they are ever watching in defense of your souls, as men who will have to give account of their trust. Treat them in this way, so that they may work with joy and not with grief.
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I beg you to put yourselves under leaders like these, and under anyone who cooperates with you, and labors hard.
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Regard them as God's messengers
but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.
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As for us apostles, men ought to think of us as ministers of Christ and trustees to handle God's uncovered truths.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Help them
And I solemnly beg you, my true comrade, keep on cooperating with those two women, because they shared with me the struggle in spreading the good news, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
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Remember me to Urbanus, my fellow-worker in the work of Christ, and to my dear friend Stachys.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Not to despise them
Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever pays no attention to you pays no attention to me, and whoever pays no attention to me pays no attention to Him who sent me."
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Let no one think little of you because you are young, but always set an example for believers, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Attend to their instructions
So everything they tell you, do and practice, but stop doing what they do, for they preach but do not practice.
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Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Imitate their faith
You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.
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