1 Peter 5:3
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3 not (A)domineering over those in your charge, but (B)being examples to the flock.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 It was (A)not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves (B)an example to imitate.
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Philippians 3:17
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17 Brothers, (A)join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk (B)according to the example you have in us.
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Titus 2:7
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7 Show yourself in all respects to be (A)a model of good works, and in your teaching (B)show integrity, (C)dignity,
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 (A)Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers (B)an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 Not that we (A)lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm (B)in your faith.
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Matthew 20:25-26
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25 But Jesus called them to him and said, (A)“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles (B)lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 (C)It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a]
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- Matthew 20:26 Greek diakonos
3 John 9-10
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9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
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1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
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5 because (A)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (B)in the Holy Spirit and with full (C)conviction. You know (D)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And (E)you became imitators of us (F)and of the Lord, for (G)you received the word in much affliction, (H)with the (I)joy of the Holy Spirit,
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Philippians 4:9
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9 What you have learned[a] and (A)received and heard and seen (B)in me—practice these things, and (C)the God of peace will be with you.
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- Philippians 4:9 Or these things—9which things you have also learned
1 Corinthians 11:11
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11 Nevertheless, (A)in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman;
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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
Luke 22:24-27
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Who Is the Greatest?
24 (A)A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25 (B)And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles (C)exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. 26 (D)But not so with you. Rather, let (E)the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. 27 For who is the greater, (F)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But (G)I am among you as the one who serves.
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Mark 10:42-45
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42 (A)And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles (B)lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 43 But (C)it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 44 and whoever would be first among you must be (D)slave[b] of all. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but (E)to serve, and (F)to give his life as a ransom for (G)many.”
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- Mark 10:43 Greek diakonos
- Mark 10:44 Or bondservant, or servant (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Matthew 23:8-10
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8 (A)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (B)all brothers.[a] 9 (C)And call no man your father on earth, for (D)you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, (E)the Christ.
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- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
Micah 7:14
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14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
(C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
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- Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
Psalm 33:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has (B)chosen as his heritage!
2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For what (A)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (B)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Deuteronomy 32:9
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9 But the Lord's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.
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1 Corinthians 3:5
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5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (A)Servants through whom you believed, (B)as the Lord assigned to each.
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