1 Timothy 4:13
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13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
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Titus 2:15
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15 Declare these things; exhort and (A)rebuke with all authority. (B)Let no one disregard you.
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Acts 6:4
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4 But (A)we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
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2 Timothy 4:2
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2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; (A)reprove, rebuke, and (B)exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
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1 Timothy 4:16
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16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save (B)both yourself and (C)your hearers.
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2 Timothy 2:15-17
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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,[a] a worker (A)who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. 16 But (B)avoid (C)irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are (D)Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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- 2 Timothy 2:15 That is, one approved after being tested
1 Timothy 4:6
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A Good Servant of Christ Jesus
6 (A)If you put these things before the brothers,[a] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have (B)followed.
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- 1 Timothy 4:6 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Acts 17:11
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11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, (A)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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John 5:39
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39 (A)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and (B)it is they that bear witness about me,
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Joshua 1:8
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8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but (A)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
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Deuteronomy 17:19
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19 And (A)it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, (B)that he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,
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Proverbs 2:4-5
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4 if you seek it like (A)silver
and search for it as for (B)hidden treasures,
5 then (C)you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
Psalm 119:97-104
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97 Oh how (A)I love your law!
It is my (B)meditation all the day.
98 Your commandment makes me (C)wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for (D)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (E)the aged,[a]
for I (F)keep your precepts.
101 I (G)hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
103 How (H)sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore (I)I hate every false way.
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- Psalm 119:100 Or the elders
1 Corinthians 14:3
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3 On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
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Matthew 13:51-52
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New and Old Treasures
51 (A)“Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every (B)scribe (C)who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who (D)brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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1 Timothy 3:14-15
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The Mystery of Godliness
14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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1 Corinthians 14:6
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6 Now, brothers,[a] if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some (A)revelation or knowledge or prophecy or (B)teaching?
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- 1 Corinthians 14:6 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 20, 26, 39
Romans 12:8
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8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; (A)the one who leads,[a] with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with (B)cheerfulness.
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- Romans 12:8 Or gives aid
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