Hebrews 13:17
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17 Obey (A)your leaders and submit to them, (B)for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to (C)give an account. (D)Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
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Final Instructions and Benediction
12 We ask you, brothers, (A)to respect those who labor among you and (B)are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. (C)Be at peace among yourselves.
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Hebrews 13:7
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7 Remember (A)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (B)imitate their faith.
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1 Timothy 5:17
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17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
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Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b]
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- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
1 Peter 5:2-3
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2 (A)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (B)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (C)not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not (D)domineering over those in your charge, but (E)being examples to the flock.
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- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
- 1 Peter 5:2 Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
1 Peter 5:5
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5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. (A)Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for (B)“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
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Jeremiah 13:17
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17 But if you will not listen,
(A)my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.
Ezekiel 33:7-9
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7 (A)“So you, (B)son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. (C)Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 (D)If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, (E)and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, (F)that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 (G)But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, (H)that person shall die in his iniquity, (I)but you will have delivered your soul.
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Philippians 2:12
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Lights in the World
12 Therefore, my beloved, (A)as you have always (B)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
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1 Thessalonians 2:19-20
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19 For what is our hope or (A)joy or crown of boasting (B)before our Lord Jesus at his (C)coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.
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1 Corinthians 16:16
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16 (A)be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
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1 Corinthians 4:1-2
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The Ministry of Apostles
4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and (A)stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
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Ezekiel 3:17-21
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17 (A)“Son of man, (B)I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall (C)give them warning from me. 18 (D)If I say to the wicked, (E)‘You shall surely die,’ (F)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (G)shall die for[a] his iniquity, (H)but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 (I)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (J)but you (K)will have delivered your soul. 20 (L)Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, (M)and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. (N)Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, (O)and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, (P)but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”
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- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20
1 Samuel 15:19-20
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19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? (A)Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, (B)“I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
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Exodus 32:31
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31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, (A)this people has sinned a great sin. They have (B)made for themselves gods of gold.
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1 Thessalonians 3:9-10
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9 For (A)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10 as we pray most earnestly (B)night and day (C)that we may see you face to face and (D)supply what is lacking in your faith?
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Philippians 2:29
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29 So (A)receive him in the Lord with all joy, and (B)honor such men,
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James 4:7
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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. (A)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Philippians 2:16
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16 holding fast to (A)the word of life, so that in (B)the day of Christ (C)I may be proud that (D)I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
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Philippians 1:4
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4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
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Ephesians 5:21
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21 (A)submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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2 Corinthians 5:10-11
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10 For (A)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
The Ministry of Reconciliation
11 Therefore, knowing (C)the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But (D)what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.
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Romans 14:12
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12 So then (A)each of us will give an account of himself to God.
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Acts 20:24-26
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24 But (A)I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only (B)I may finish my course and (C)the ministry (D)that I received from the Lord Jesus, (E)to testify to (F)the gospel of (G)the grace of God. 25 And now, behold, (H)I know that none of you among whom I have gone about (I)proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore (J)I testify to you this day that (K)I am innocent of the blood of all,
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