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Philemon 1:2
also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier— and to the church that meets in your home: (niv)
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2 Timothy 2 2
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. (niv)
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Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 1-1 Corinthians 4 2
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. (niv)
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2 Chronicles 29 11
My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.” (niv)
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2 Timothy 4 1-2 Timothy 4 5
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage— with great patience and careful instruction.For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (niv)
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2 Timothy 1 6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (niv)
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Leviticus 10:3
Moses then said to Aaron,“ This is what the Lord spoke of when he said:“‘ Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’” Aaron remained silent. (niv)
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1 Timothy 6 20
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, (niv)
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1 Timothy 4 14
Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you. (niv)
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Acts 1:17
He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.” (niv)
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Ezekiel 44:23-24
They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.“‘ In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals, and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy. (niv)
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Numbers 18:5
“ You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar, so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again. (niv)
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1 Timothy 6 11-1 Timothy 6 14
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge youto keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, (niv)
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1 Timothy 4 16
Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. (niv)
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1 Timothy 4 6
If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. (niv)
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Ephesians 4:11
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, (niv)
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Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. (niv)