2 Timothy 4:2
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2 Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.
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1 Timothy 4:15-16
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15 Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
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14 Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.
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Titus 2:15
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15 You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say.
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1 Timothy 4:13
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13 Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them.
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Revelation 3:19
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19 I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference.
Titus 1:13
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13 This is true. So reprimand them sternly to make them strong in the faith.
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2 Timothy 2:21
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21 If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
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Galatians 6:6
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6 Those who are taught the word of God should provide for their teachers, sharing all good things with them.
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Colossians 1:28-29
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28 So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect[a] in their relationship to Christ. 29 That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.
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- 1:28 Or mature.
Romans 12:12
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12 Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.
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1 Timothy 5:20
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20 Those who sin should be reprimanded in front of the whole church; this will serve as a strong warning to others.
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Luke 4:18-19
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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,
19 and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.[a]”
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- 4:18-19 Or and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. Isa 61:1-2 (Greek version); 58:6.
2 Timothy 3:10
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Paul’s Charge to Timothy
10 But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance.
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Colossians 1:25
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25 God has given me the responsibility of serving his church by proclaiming his entire message to you.
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Romans 10:15
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15 And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”[a]
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Acts 16:31-33
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31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” 32 And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. 33 Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized.
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Jonah 3:2
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2 “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”
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Acts 20:7
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Paul’s Final Visit to Troas
7 On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper.[a] Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight.
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- 20:7 Greek to break bread.
John 4:32-34
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32 But Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food you know nothing about.”
33 “Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.
34 Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.
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Acts 28:30-31
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30 For the next two years, Paul lived in Rome at his own expense.[a] He welcomed all who visited him, 31 boldly proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one tried to stop him.
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- 28:30 Or in his own rented quarters.
Acts 16:13
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13 On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there.
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Luke 9:60
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60 But Jesus told him, “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead![a] Your duty is to go and preach about the Kingdom of God.”
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- 9:60 Greek Let the dead bury their own dead.
Luke 7:4
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4 So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said,
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1 Thessalonians 5:20
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20 Do not scoff at prophecies,
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