2 Timothy 3:16
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16 (A)All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
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Romans 15:4
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4 For (A)whatever was written in former days was written for our (B)instruction, that through endurance and through (C)the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
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2 Peter 1:19-21
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19 And (A)we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention (B)as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until (C)the day (D)dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For (E)no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God (F)as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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Mark 12:24
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24 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because (A)you know neither the Scriptures nor (B)the power of God?
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Psalm 19:7-11
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7 (A)The law of the Lord is perfect,[a]
(B)reviving the soul;
(C)the testimony of the Lord is (D)sure,
(E)making wise (F)the simple;
8 (G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is (H)pure,
(I)enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules[b] of the Lord are (J)true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than (K)gold,
even much (L)fine gold;
(M)sweeter also than honey
and drippings of (N)the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
(O)in keeping them there is great reward.
Footnotes
- Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
- Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees
Proverbs 6:23
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23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Psalm 119:9
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Beth
9 How can (A)a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
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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Psalm 119:11
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11 I have (A)stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:130
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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts (A)understanding to the simple.
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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:100 Or the elders
2 Samuel 23:2
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2 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
his word is on my tongue.
Proverbs 15:31
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Ephesians 4:11-16
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11 And (A)he gave the (B)apostles, the prophets, the (C)evangelists, the (D)shepherds[a] and teachers,[b] 12 (E)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (F)building up (G)the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to (H)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, (I)to mature manhood,[c] to the measure of the stature of (J)the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, (K)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (L)deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, (M)speaking the truth in love, we are to (N)grow up in every way into him who is (O)the head, into Christ, 16 (P)from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, (Q)when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
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- Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
- Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers
- Ephesians 4:13 Greek to a full-grown man
2 Timothy 2:25
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25 correcting his opponents (A)with gentleness. God (B)may perhaps grant them repentance (C)leading to a knowledge of the truth,
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Deuteronomy 4:36
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36 (A)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and (B)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
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John 3:20
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20 (A)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, (B)lest his works should be exposed.
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Matthew 13:52
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52 And he said to them, “Therefore every (A)scribe (B)who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who (C)brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
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Acts 20:20
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20 how I (A)did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and (B)teaching you in public and from house to house,
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Romans 2:20
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20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law (A)the embodiment of (B)knowledge and truth—
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Acts 18:25
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25 He had been instructed in (A)the way of the Lord. And (B)being fervent in spirit,[a] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only (C)the baptism of John.
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- Acts 18:25 Or in the Spirit
Nehemiah 9:20
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20 (A)You gave your good Spirit to instruct them (B)and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst.
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Hebrews 3:7
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A Rest for the People of God
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
(A)“Today, if you hear his voice,
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