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1 Timothy 5 21-1 Timothy 5 22
I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
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2 Chronicles 29 4-2 Chronicles 29 5
He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,and said to them,“ Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify Yahweh, the God of your fathers’ house, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place.
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Titus 1:5-9
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self- pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self- controlled,holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
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2 Timothy 2 2
The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
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2 Chronicles 19 5-2 Chronicles 19 7
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,and said to the judges,“ Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”
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Acts 1:20-26
For it is written in the book of Psalms,‘ Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and,‘ Let another take his office.’“ Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,beginning from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”They put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.They prayed and said,“ You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosento take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
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Joshua 24:15
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
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Psalms 101:6
My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
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2 Chronicles 17 7-2 Chronicles 17 9
Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
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1 Timothy 5 9-1 Timothy 5 10
Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
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Genesis 18:19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”