1 Thessalonians 5:12
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Final Exhortations, Greetings, and Benediction
12 But we appeal to you, brothers and sisters, to respect those who labor among you and have charge of you in the Lord and admonish you;(A)
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Hebrews 13:17
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17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing, for that would be harmful to you.(A)
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Hebrews 13:7
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7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
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1 Timothy 5:17-18
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17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor,[a] especially those who labor in preaching and teaching,(A) 18 for the scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain” and “The laborer deserves to be paid.”(B)
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- 5.17 Or compensation
1 Corinthians 16:18
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18 for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. So give recognition to such persons.(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:16
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16 I urge you to put yourselves at the service of such people and of everyone who works and toils with them.(A)
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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 has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.(A)
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Titus 1:3
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3 in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.(A)
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Luke 10:7
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7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house.(A)
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Titus 1:5
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Titus in Crete
5 I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you:(A)
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2 Timothy 2:6
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6 It is the farmer who does the work who ought to have the first share of the crops.
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Colossians 1:29
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29 For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.(A)
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Philippians 2:16
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16 holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.(A)
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Galatians 4:11
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11 I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.
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2 Corinthians 6:1
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6 As we work together with him,[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.(A)
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- 6.1 Gk As we work together
2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him.
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1 Corinthians 12:28
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28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.(A)
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Acts 20:35
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35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”(A)
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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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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 the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.(A)
The Message to Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:
2 Corinthians 11:23
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23 Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.(A)
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Revelation 3:14
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The Message to Laodicea
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the origin[a] of God’s creation:(A)
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Revelation 3:7
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The Message to Philadelphia
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:(A)
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