1 Corinthians 9:7
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7 (A)Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? (B)Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
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1 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Who serves as a soldier(A) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(B) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk?
Proverbs 27:18
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Proverbs 27:18
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Deuteronomy 20:6
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6 And is there any man who has planted a vineyard and has not (A)enjoyed its fruit? Let him go back to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
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Deuteronomy 20:6
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6 Has anyone planted(A) a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it?(B) Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it.
2 Timothy 2:3-4
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3 (A)Share in suffering as (B)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier (C)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
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2 Timothy 2:3-4
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3 Join with me in suffering,(A) like a good soldier(B) of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.
1 Corinthians 3:6-8
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1 Corinthians 3:6-8
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6 I planted the seed,(A) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(B)
1 Timothy 1:18
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18 This charge (A)I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with (B)the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may (C)wage the good warfare,
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1 Timothy 1:18
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The Charge to Timothy Renewed
18 Timothy, my son,(A) I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you,(B) so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,(C)
Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]
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- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
Acts 20:28
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28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)
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- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Jeremiah 23:2-3
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2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning (A)the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. (B)Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord. 3 (C)Then I will gather the remnant of my flock (D)out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, (E)and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
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Jeremiah 23:2-3
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2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds(A) who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock(B) and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil(C) you have done,” declares the Lord. 3 “I myself will gather the remnant(D) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,(E) where they will be fruitful and increase in number.
Proverbs 27:27
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27 (A)There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
for the food of your household
and maintenance for your girls.
Proverbs 27:27
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27 You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family
and to nourish your female servants.
1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
1 Peter 5:2
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2 Be shepherds of God’s flock(A) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(B) not pursuing dishonest gain,(C) but eager to serve;
2 Timothy 4:7
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7 (A)I have fought the good fight, (B)I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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2 Timothy 4:7
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1 Timothy 6:12
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12 (A)Fight the good fight of the faith. (B)Take hold of the eternal life (C)to which you were called and about which you made (D)the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Timothy 6:12
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12 Fight the good fight(A) of the faith. Take hold of(B) the eternal life(C) to which you were called when you made your good confession(D) in the presence of many witnesses.
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