1 Peter 5:3
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3 Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.
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Philippians 3:17
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17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
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Ezekiel 34:4
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4 You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty.
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Titus 2:7
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7 And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.
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Matthew 20:25-26
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25 But Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
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3 John 9-10
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9 I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us. 10 When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the evil accusations he is making against us. Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church.
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1 Thessalonians 1:5-6
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5 For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance[a] that what we said was true. And you know of our concern for you from the way we lived when we were with you. 6 So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.
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- 1:5 Or with the power of the Holy Spirit, so you can have full assurance.
Philippians 4:9
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9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
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1 Corinthians 11:11
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11 But among the Lord’s people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.
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Acts 20:28
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28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood[a]—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.[b]
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Luke 22:24-27
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24 Then they began to argue among themselves about who would be the greatest among them. 25 Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called ‘friends of the people.’ 26 But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. 27 Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? The one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves.
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Mark 10:42-45
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42 So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. 43 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else. 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Matthew 23:8-10
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8 “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.[a] 9 And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father. 10 And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.
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- 23:8 Greek brothers.
Micah 7:14
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The Lord’s Compassion on Israel
14 O Lord, protect your people with your shepherd’s staff;
lead your flock, your special possession.
Though they live alone in a thicket
on the heights of Mount Carmel,[a]
let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead
as they did long ago.
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- 7:14 Or surrounded by a fruitful land.
Psalm 74:2
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2 Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,
the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!
And remember Jerusalem,[a] your home here on earth.
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- 74:2 Hebrew Mount Zion.
Psalm 33:12
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12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
1 Peter 2:9
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9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
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- 2:9 Greek a royal priesthood.
2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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Deuteronomy 32:9
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9 “For the people of Israel belong to the Lord;
Jacob is his special possession.
1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
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1 Corinthians 3:5
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5 After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.
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