28 Bible Verses about Teaching In The Church

And [when they] heard [this], they entered at daybreak into the temple [courts] and began teaching. Now [when] the high priest and those with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin--even the whole council of elders of the sons of Israel--and sent to the prison to have them brought.

And [when he] found [him], he brought [him] to Antioch. And it happened to them also [that they] met together [for] a whole year with the church and taught a large number [of people]. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord with many others also.

So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

how I did not shrink from proclaiming to you anything that would be profitable, and [from] teaching you in public and from house [to house],

Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?

but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other [people], than ten thousand words in a tongue.

{Therefore what should you do}, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. All [things] must be [done] for edification.

Now the one who is taught the word must share in all good [things] with the one who teaches.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another with all wisdom, with psalms, hymns, [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God,

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by [spoken] word or by letter from us.

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

The elders who lead well must be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor by speaking and teaching.

And those who have believing masters must not look down on [them] because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved.

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

preach the word, be ready in season [and] out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all patience and instruction.

Older women likewise [are to be] reverent in [their] behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you; {considering the outcome of their way of life}, imitate their faith.

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age."

Command these [things] and teach [them].

Therefore, go [and] make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

and [the things] which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these [things] to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.

in order that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands [and to] love their children,

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}.

Until I come, pay attention to the [public] reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

For indeed, [although you] ought to be teachers {by this time}, you have need of someone to teach you again the beginning elements of the oracles of God, and {you have need of} milk, not solid food.