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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