Isaiah 61:8-11

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⁸“For I, the Lord, love justice;^(A)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(B) with them.
⁹Their descendants^(C) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(D)

¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(E) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(F)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(G) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(H) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(I) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(J)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

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1 Timothy 5:17-25

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¹⁷The elders^(A) who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor,^(B) especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. ¹⁸For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,”^[a]^(C) and “The worker deserves his wages.”^[b]^(D) ¹⁹Do not entertain an accusation against an elder^(E) unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.^(F) ²⁰But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove^(G) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.^(H) ²¹I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus^(I) and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.

²²Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands,^(J) and do not share in the sins of others.^(K) Keep yourself pure.^(L)

²³Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine^(M) because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

²⁴The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. ²⁵In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden forever.

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