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1 Peter 2 14
or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
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1 Corinthians 11 22
What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
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1 Corinthians 14 23
Therefore if the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those who are uninformed or unbelievers, will they not say that you are out of your mind?
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Leviticus 19:17
‘ You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
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Hebrews 10:25
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
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Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say,‘ We are delivered to do all these abominations’?
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Isaiah 58:1-4
“ Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God.‘ Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘ and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’“ In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, And exploit all your laborers.Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high.
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1 Corinthians 11 34
But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And the rest I will set in order when I come.
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1 Corinthians 14 26
How is it then, brethren? Whenever you come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
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1 Corinthians 11 2
Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.
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Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better Than love carefully concealed.
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1 Corinthians 11 20
Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.
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Isaiah 1:13-14
Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.
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Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.