And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

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Be Loyal to the Faith

13 (A)Hold fast (B)the pattern of (C)sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 14 That good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

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A Good Servant of Jesus Christ

If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, (A)nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.

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12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

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Qualified Elders

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should (A)set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you— if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, (B)having faithful children not accused of [a]dissipation or insubordination. For a [b]bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, (C)not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict.

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  1. Titus 1:6 debauchery, lit. incorrigibility
  2. Titus 1:7 Lit. overseer

“For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

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28 “The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream;
And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully.
What is the chaff to the wheat?” says the Lord.

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The Man of God and the Word of God

10 (A)But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,

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10 (A)He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much. 11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in what is another man’s, who will give you what is your (B)own?

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42 And the Lord said, (A)“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food [a]in due season?

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  1. Luke 12:42 at the right time

25 And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, (A)set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and (B)teach those who do not know them.

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Fight the Good Fight

18 This [a]charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:18 command

Glory to God for His Grace(A)

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has (B)enabled me, (C)because He counted me faithful, (D)putting me into the ministry,

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Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

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17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
But (A)a faithful ambassador brings health.

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35 Then (A)I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. (B)I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before (C)My anointed forever.

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10 (A)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (B)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (C)the crown of life.

11 (D)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by (E)the second death.” ’

The Compromising Church

12 “And to the [a]angel of the church in Pergamos write,

‘These things says (F)He who has the sharp two-edged sword: 13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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  1. Revelation 2:12 Or messenger

14 But you must (A)continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,

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24 And (A)a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, (B)able to teach, (C)patient, 25 (D)in humility correcting those who are in opposition, (E)if God perhaps will grant them repentance, (F)so that they may know the truth,

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14 (A)Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy (B)with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not [a]given to wine, not violent, [b]not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not [c]covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a [d]novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the (A)snare of the devil.

Qualifications of Deacons

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, (B)not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the [e]mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:3 addicted
  2. 1 Timothy 3:3 NU omits not greedy for money
  3. 1 Timothy 3:3 loving money
  4. 1 Timothy 3:6 new convert
  5. 1 Timothy 3:9 hidden truth

as you also learned from (A)Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is (B)a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf,

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My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [a]perfect way,
He shall serve me.

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  1. Psalm 101:6 blameless

that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother (A)Hanani, and Hananiah the leader (B)of the [a]citadel, for he was a faithful man and (C)feared God more than many.

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  1. Nehemiah 7:2 palace

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to (A)seek[a] the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to (B)teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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  1. Ezra 7:10 Study

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