Romans 15:1
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The Example of Christ
15 (A)We who are strong (B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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1 John 4:19
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19 (A)We love because he first loved us.
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2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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14 For the love of Christ (A)controls us, because we have concluded this: that (B)one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, (C)that those who live might no longer live for themselves but (D)for him who for their sake died and was raised.
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Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
1 Peter 5:1-4
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Shepherd the Flock of God
5 So I exhort the elders among you, (A)as a fellow elder and (B)a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 (C)shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,[a] (D)not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;[b] (E)not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not (F)domineering over those in your charge, but (G)being examples to the flock. 4 And when (H)the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the (I)unfading (J)crown of glory.
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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 1:8
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8 (A)Though you have not seen him, you love him. (B)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
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Ephesians 6:24
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24 Grace be with all who (A)love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
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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
John 16:27
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27 (A)for the Father himself loves you, because (B)you have loved me and (C)have believed that I came from God.[a]
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- John 16:27 Some manuscripts from the Father
1 John 5:1
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Overcoming the World
5 (A)Everyone who believes that (B)Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and (C)everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
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Hebrews 4:13
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13 And (A)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (B)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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Romans 14:1
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Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
14 As for (A)the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
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John 14:15-24
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 (A)“If you love me, you will (B)keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another (C)Helper,[a] to be with you forever, 17 even (D)the Spirit of truth, (E)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and (F)will be[b] in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (G)I will come to you. 19 (H)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but (I)you will see me. (J)Because I live, you also will live. 20 (K)In that day you will know that (L)I am in my Father, and (M)you in me, and (N)I in you. 21 (O)Whoever has my commandments and (P)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And (Q)he who loves me (R)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and (S)manifest myself to him.” 22 (T)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (U)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, (V)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (W)we will come to him and (X)make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And (Y)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
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- John 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7
- John 14:17 Some manuscripts and is
Ezekiel 34:23
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23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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Ezekiel 34:2-10
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2 (A)“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: (B)Ah, shepherds of Israel (C)who have been feeding yourselves! (D)Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 (E)You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, (F)you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. 4 (G)The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, (H)the injured you have not bound up, (I)the strayed you have not brought back, (J)the lost you have not sought, and with force and (K)harshness you have ruled them. 5 (L)So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and (M)they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; 6 they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, (N)with none to search or seek for them.
7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 (O)As I live, declares the Lord God, surely because (P)my sheep have become a prey, and my sheep have become food for all the wild beasts, since there was no shepherd, and because my shepherds have not searched for my sheep, but the shepherds have fed themselves, and have not fed my sheep, 9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 Thus says the Lord God, (Q)Behold, I am against the shepherds, and (R)I will require my sheep at their hand and (S)put a stop to their feeding the sheep. (T)No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. (U)I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.
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Jeremiah 3:15
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15 “‘And (A)I will give you shepherds after my own heart, (B)who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
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1 Peter 2:25
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25 For (A)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (B)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Hebrews 13:20
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Benediction
20 Now (A)may the God of peace (B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, (C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by (D)the blood of the eternal covenant,
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1 Timothy 4:15-16
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15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,[a] so that (A)all may see your progress. 16 (B)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save (C)both yourself and (D)your hearers.
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- 1 Timothy 4:15 Greek be in them
Luke 22:32
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32 but (A)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (B)strengthen your brothers.”
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Jeremiah 23:4
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4 (A)I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord.
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Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.
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Hebrews 12:12-13
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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (B)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (C)but rather be healed.
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Galatians 5:6
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6 For in Christ Jesus (A)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (B)only faith working through love.
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