Honor the Elders

17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.

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17 (A)Obey those who [a]rule over you, and be submissive, for (B)they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:17 lead

Various Exhortations

12 And we urge you, brethren, (A)to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and [a]admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. (B)Be at peace among yourselves.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 instruct or warn

Be Generous and Do Good

(A)Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches.

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Concluding Religious Directions

Remember those who [a]rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.

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  1. Hebrews 13:7 lead

29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such men in esteem;

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(A)he who exhorts, in exhortation; (B)he who gives, with liberality; (C)he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, (D)with cheerfulness.

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(A)And remain in the same house, (B)eating and drinking such things as they give, for (C)the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

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Do we have no right to take along [a]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (A)the brothers of the Lord, and (B)Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I (C)who have no right to refrain from working? Who ever (D)goes to war at his own expense? Who (E)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (F)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?

Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? For it is written in the law of Moses, (G)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that (H)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 (I)If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?

(J)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things (K)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 (L)Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the (M)temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so (N)the Lord has commanded (O)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife

27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For (A)if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, (B)their duty is also to minister to them in material things.

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10 They also honored us in many (A)ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were (B)necessary.

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Honor True Widows

Honor widows who are really widows.

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(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);

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[a]And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who (A)labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in (B)the Book of Life.

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  1. Philippians 4:3 NU, M Yes

Marks of the Ministry

We then, as (A)workers together with Him also (B)plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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30 (A)This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

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The Seventy Sent Out

10 After these things the Lord appointed [a]seventy others also, and (A)sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go. Then He said to them, (B)“The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore (C)pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:1 NU seventy-two others

And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?”

Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”

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24 Greet all those who [a]rule over you, and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.

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  1. Hebrews 13:24 lead

Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. (A)Convince, (B)rebuke, (C)exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

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16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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10 For to this end [a]we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:10 NU we labor and strive,

16 holding fast the word of life, so that (A)I may rejoice in the day of Christ that (B)I have not run in vain or labored in (C)vain.

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16 (A)that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and (B)labors with us.

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