1 Thessalonians 5:12
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Final Instructions and Benediction
12 We ask you, brothers, (A)to respect those who labor among you and (B)are over you in the Lord and admonish you,
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Hebrews 13:17
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17 Obey (A)your leaders and submit to them, (B)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to (C)give an account. (D)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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Hebrews 13:7
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7 Remember (A)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (B)imitate their faith.
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1 Timothy 5:17-18
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17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, (C)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, (D)“The laborer deserves his wages.”
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1 Corinthians 16:18
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18 for they (A)refreshed my spirit as well as yours. (B)Give recognition to such people.
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1 Corinthians 16:16
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16 (A)be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
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1 Corinthians 15:10
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10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, (A)I worked harder than any of them, (B)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish (A)the idle,[a] (B)encourage the fainthearted, (C)help the weak, (D)be patient with them all.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 Or disorderly, or undisciplined
Luke 10:7
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7 And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for (A)the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.
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Titus 1:5
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Qualifications for Elders
5 (A)This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and (B)appoint elders in every town as I directed you—
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2 Timothy 2:6
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6 It is (A)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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Colossians 1:29
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29 For this (A)I toil, (B)struggling (C)with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
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Philippians 2:16
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16 holding fast to (A)the word of life, so that in (B)the day of Christ (C)I may be proud that (D)I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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Galatians 4:11
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11 I am afraid (A)I may have labored over you in vain.
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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6 (A)Working together with him, then, (B)we appeal to you (C)not to receive the grace of God in vain.
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2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to (A)please him.
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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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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
Revelation 1:20-2:1
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20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and (A)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and (B)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of (C)him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, (D)who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
Revelation 3:14
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To the Church in Laodicea
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the (A)Amen, (B)the faithful and true witness, (C)the beginning of God's creation.
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Revelation 3:7
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To the Church in Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of (A)the holy one, (B)the true one, (C)who has the key of David, (D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
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