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1 Peter 5:3
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1 Peter 5:3
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3 Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.(A)
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1 Peter 5:3
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1 Peter 5:3
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 This was not because we do not have that right but in order to give you an example to imitate.(A)
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9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,(A) but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.(B)
Philippians 3:17
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Philippians 3:17
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17 Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.(A)
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Philippians 3:17
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17 Join together in following my example,(A) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(B)
Ezekiel 34:4
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Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not strengthened the weak; you have not healed the sick; you have not bound up the injured; you have not brought back the strays; you have not sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled them.(A)
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Ezekiel 34:4
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Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not strengthened the weak or healed(A) the sick or bound up(B) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(C)
Titus 2:7
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Titus 2:7
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7 in all things, offering yourself as a model of good works and in your teaching offering integrity, gravity,
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Titus 2:7
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Titus 2:7
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7 In everything set them an example(A) by doing what is good.(B) In your teaching show integrity, seriousness
1 Timothy 4:12
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.(A)
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Don’t let anyone look down on you(A) because you are young, but set an example(B) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith(C) and in purity.
2 Corinthians 1:24
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.(A)
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24 Not that we lord it over(A) your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.(B)
Matthew 20:25-26
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Matthew 20:25-26
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25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.(A) 26 It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant,(B)
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Matthew 20:25-26
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Matthew 20:25-26
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25 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,(A)
3 John 9-10
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3 John 9-10
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Diotrephes and Demetrius
9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not welcome us. 10 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with those charges, he refuses to welcome the brothers and sisters and even prevents those who want to do so and expels them from the church.(A)
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3 John 9-10
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3 John 9-10
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9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come,(A) I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers.(B) He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.(C)
1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
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1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
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5 because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.(A) 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy from the Holy Spirit,(B)
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5 because our gospel(A) came to you not simply with words but also with power,(B) with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know(C) how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us(D) and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering(E) with the joy(F) given by the Holy Spirit.(G)
Philippians 4:9
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Philippians 4:9
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9 As for the things that you have learned and received and heard and noticed in me, do them, and the God of peace will be with you.(A)
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Philippians 4:9
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9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.(A) And the God of peace(B) will be with you.
1 Corinthians 11:11
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1 Corinthians 11:11
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11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man or man independent of woman.
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11 Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
Acts 20:28
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Acts 20:28
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28 Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God[a] that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.[b](A)
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Acts 20:28
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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
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