1 Timothy 1 - 6
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Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by command of c God our Savior and of Christ Jesus d our hope,
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To Timothy, e my true child in the faith: f Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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g As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not h to teach any different doctrine,
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nor i to devote themselves to myths and endless j genealogies, which promote k speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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The aim of our charge is love l that issues from a pure heart and m a good conscience and n a sincere faith.
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Certain persons, by o swerving from these, have wandered away into p vain discussion,
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desiring to be teachers of the law, q without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
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Now we know that r the law is good, if one uses it lawfully,
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understanding this, that the s law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
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the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to t sound doctrine,
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in accordance with u the gospel of the glory of v the blessed God w with which I have been entrusted.
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I thank him x who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, y appointing me to his service,
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though formerly I was a blasphemer, z persecutor, and insolent opponent. But a I received mercy b because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
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and c the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the d faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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The saying is e trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus f came into the world to save sinners, g of whom I am the foremost.
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But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
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To h the King of ages, i immortal, j invisible, k the only God, l be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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This charge m I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with n the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may o wage the good warfare,
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p holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have q made shipwreck of their faith,
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among whom are r Hymenaeus and s Alexander, whom I t have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to u blaspheme.
1 Timothy 2
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First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
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v for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and w dignified in every way.
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This is good, and x it is pleasing in the sight of y God our Savior,
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who desires z all people to be saved and a to come to b the knowledge of the truth.
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For c there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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d who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is e the testimony given f at the proper time.
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g For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle ( h I am telling the truth, I am not lying), i a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
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I desire then that j in every place the men should pray, k lifting l holy hands without anger or quarreling;
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likewise also m that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
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n but with what is proper for women who profess godliness - with good works.
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Let a woman learn quietly o with all submissiveness.
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p I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
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q For Adam was formed first, r then Eve;
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and Adam was not deceived, but s the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
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Yet she will be saved through t childbearing - if they continue in u faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
1 Timothy 3
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The saying is v trustworthy: If anyone aspires to w the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
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Therefore x an overseer must be above reproach, y the husband of one wife, z sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, a hospitable, b able to teach,
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not a drunkard, not violent but c gentle, not quarrelsome, d not a lover of money.
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He must manage his own household well, with all dignity e keeping his children submissive,
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for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for w God's church?
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He must not be a recent convert, or he may f become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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Moreover, he must be well thought of by g outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into h a snare of the devil.
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i Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, j not addicted to much wine, k not greedy for dishonest gain.
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They must l hold the mystery of the faith with m a clear conscience.
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And n let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.
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o Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, p faithful in all things.
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Let deacons each be q the husband of one wife, q managing their children and their own households well.
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For r those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
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I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
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if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
s He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
t seen by angels,
u proclaimed among the nations,
v believed on in the world,
w taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 4
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Now x the Spirit expressly says that y in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to z deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
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through the insincerity of a liars whose consciences are seared,
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b who forbid marriage and c require abstinence from foods d that God created e to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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For f everything created by God is good, and g nothing is to be rejected if it is e received with thanksgiving,
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for it is made holy h by the word of God and prayer.
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i If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have j followed.
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Have nothing to do with irreverent, k silly myths. Rather l train yourself for godliness;
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for while m bodily training is of some value, godliness n is of value in every way, as o it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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The saying is p trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
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For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, q who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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Command and teach r these things.
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s Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers t an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
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u Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you v by prophecy when the council of elders w laid their hands on you.
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Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that x all may see your progress.
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y Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save z both yourself and a your hearers.
1 Timothy 5
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b Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, c younger men as brothers,
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older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
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Honor widows d who are truly widows.
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But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn e to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for f this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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She g who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and h continues in supplications and prayers night and day,
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but i she who is self-indulgent is j dead even while she lives.
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k Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.
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But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for l members of his household, he has m denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been n the wife of one husband,
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and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has n shown hospitality, o has washed the feet of the saints, has p cared for the afflicted, and has q devoted herself to every good work.
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But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when r their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry
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and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.
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Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also s gossips and t busybodies, saying what they should not.
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So I would have u younger widows marry, bear children, v manage their households, and w give the adversary no occasion for slander.
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x For some have already strayed after Satan.
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If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those y who are truly widows.
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Let the elders z who rule well be considered worthy of a double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
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For the Scripture says, b "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, c "The laborer deserves his wages."
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Do not admit a charge against an elder except d on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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As for those who persist in sin, e rebuke them in the presence of all, f so that the rest may stand in fear.
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In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels g I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, h doing nothing from partiality.
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i Do not be hasty in the j laying on of hands, nor k take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
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(No longer drink only water, but l use a little wine m for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
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The sins of some men are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later.
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So also good works are conspicuous, and n even those that are not cannot remain hidden.
1 Timothy 6
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o Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, p so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
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Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are q brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. r Teach and urge these things.
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If anyone s teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with t the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching u that accords with godliness,
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v he is puffed up with conceit and w understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for x controversy and for y quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
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and constant friction among people z who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, a imagining that godliness is a means of gain.
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Now there is great gain in b godliness c with contentment,
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for d we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
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But e if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
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But f those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, g into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that h plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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For the love of money is a root of i all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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But as for you, j O man of God, k flee these things. l Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
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m Fight the good fight of the faith. n Take hold of the eternal life o to which you were called and about which you made p the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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q I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, r who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made p the good confession,
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to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until s the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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which he will display t at the proper time - he who is u the blessed and only Sovereign, v the King of kings and Lord of lords,
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w who alone has immortality, x who dwells in y unapproachable light, z whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
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As for the rich in a this present age, charge them b not to be haughty, nor c to set their hopes on d the uncertainty of riches, but on God, e who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
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They are to do good, f to be rich in good works, to be generous and g ready to share,
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thus h storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may i take hold of j that which is truly life.
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O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. k Avoid the l irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called "knowledge,"
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for by professing it some have swerved from the faith. m Grace be with you.
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2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:
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Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
Romans 16:26
But has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith -
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Luke 1:47
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
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Colossians 1:27
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Titus 1:4
To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
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2 Timothy 1:2
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 John 1:3
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love.
Jude 1:2
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
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Titus 1:5
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you -
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1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.
Galatians 1:6 - 7
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
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1 Timothy 4:7
Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness.
2 Timothy 4:4
And will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
Titus 1:14
Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
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1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
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2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
1 Peter 3:21
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
2 Timothy 1:5
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
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1 Timothy 6:21
For by professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you.
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Titus 1:10
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.
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1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind.
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Romans 7:16
Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
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Galatians 5:23
Gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
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2 Timothy 4:3
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions.
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness.
2 Timothy 1:13
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.
Titus 2:2
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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1 Timothy 6:15
Which he will display at the proper time - he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
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Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
Romans 2:16
On that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
Galatians 2:7
On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
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Acts 9:22
But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Acts 8:3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
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Acts 3:17
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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Romans 5:20
Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more.
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Luke 7:47
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven - for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
Luke 7:50
And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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1 Timothy 3:1
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
1 Timothy 4:9
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
2 Timothy 2:11
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.
Titus 3:8
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
Revelation 22:6
And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
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Psalms 10:16
The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
Revelation 4:9 - 10
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever.
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1 Timothy 6:15 - 16
Which he will display at the proper time - he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Romans 1:23
And exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
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John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
Colossians 1:15
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
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Jude 1:25
To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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1 Chronicles 29:11
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
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2 Timothy 2:2
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
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1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
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1 Corinthians 9:7
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
2 Corinthians 10:4
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
2 Timothy 2:3 - 4
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Timothy 3:9
They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
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1 Timothy 6:9
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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2 Timothy 2:17
And their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus.
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2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
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1 Corinthians 5:5
You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
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Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
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Ezra 6:10
That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
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1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive.
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1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
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1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
Ezekiel 18:32
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God ; so turn, and live.
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2 Timothy 3:7
Always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
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2 Timothy 2:25
Correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth.
Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
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Galatians 3:20
Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
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Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
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1 Corinthians 1:6
Even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you -
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1 Timothy 6:15
Which he will display at the proper time - he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Titus 1:3
And at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.
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1 Timothy 1:11
In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
Ephesians 3:7 - 8
Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.
2 Timothy 1:11
For which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
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Romans 9:1
I am speaking the truth in Christ - I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit -
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Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
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John 4:21
Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
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Psalms 63:4
So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalms 119:48
I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
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Job 17:9
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
Psalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
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1 Peter 3:3
Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear -
Isaiah 3:18 - 23
In that day the Lord will take away the finery of the anklets, the headbands, and the crescents.
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1 Peter 3:4
But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
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Titus 2:5
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
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1 Corinthians 14:34
The women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says.
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Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.
Genesis 2:22
And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
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Genesis 3:6
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
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Galatians 4:4
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law.
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1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Titus 1:6 - 9
If anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination.
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1 Timothy 5:9
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband.
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1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
Titus 2:2
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
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1 Peter 4:9
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
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2 Timothy 2:24
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
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Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
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Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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1 Timothy 3:12
Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
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1 Timothy 3:1
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.
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1 Timothy 6:4
He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
2 Timothy 3:4
Treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
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Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables.
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2 Timothy 2:26
And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:
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1 Timothy 5:23
(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good.
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Titus 1:7
For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain.
1 Peter 5:2
Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly.
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1 Timothy 1:19
Holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith.
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Acts 23:1
And looking intently at the council, Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.
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1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
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Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good.
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Titus 2:10
Not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
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1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive.
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1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
1 Timothy 3:4
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive.
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Matthew 25:21
His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.
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John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 Peter 1:20
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
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Luke 2:13
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying.
Luke 24:4
While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.
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Galatians 2:2
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
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2 Thessalonians 1:10
When he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
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Acts 1:2
Until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
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2 Thessalonians 2:3 - 9
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
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1 John 4:6
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false.
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Daniel 11:37
He shall pay no attention to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women. He shall not pay attention to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
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Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.
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Genesis 1:29
And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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Romans 14:6
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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Acts 10:15
And the voice came to him again a second time, "What God has made clean, do not call common.
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1 Timothy 4:3
Who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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Genesis 1:25
And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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2 Timothy 3:14 - 15
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
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2 Timothy 3:10
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Colossians 2:23
These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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1 Timothy 6:6
Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment.
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Psalms 37:4
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give ...
Psalms 37:9
For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those w...
Psalms 37:11
But the meek shall inherit the land and delight...
Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord ...
Psalms 112:2
His offspring will be mighty in the land; the g...
Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; h...
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever...
Proverbs 22:4
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is...
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his right...
Mark 10:30
Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this ...
1 Peter 3:9
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for revi...
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1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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1 Timothy 2:4
Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 4:42
They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
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1 Timothy 5:7
Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.
1 Timothy 6:2
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
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1 Corinthians 16:11
So let no one despise him. Help him on his way in peace, that he may return to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.
2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Titus 2:15
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
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Titus 2:7
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity.
1 Peter 5:3
Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
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1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not quench the Spirit.
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1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
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Acts 6:6
These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
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Philippians 1:12
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Ezekiel 33:9
But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
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Romans 11:14
In order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.
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Leviticus 19:32
You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
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Titus 2:6
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
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1 Timothy 5:5
She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.
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Matthew 15:4 - 6
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.
Mark 7:10 - 13
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.
Ephesians 6:1 - 2
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Genesis 45:9 - 11
Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry.
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1 Timothy 2:3
This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior.
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1 Timothy 5:3
Honor widows who are truly widows.
1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.
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Luke 2:37
And then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
Luke 18:1 - 5
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
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James 5:5
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
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Revelation 3:1
And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. "'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
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1 Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things.
1 Timothy 6:2
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
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Galatians 6:10
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Revelation 2:13
'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
Revelation 3:8
'I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
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1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
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1 Timothy 5:9
Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband.
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Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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1 Timothy 5:16
If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.
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1 Timothy 6:18
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share.
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Revelation 18:3
For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.
Revelation 18:7
As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.
Revelation 18:9
And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
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3 John 1:10
So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
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2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
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1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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Titus 2:5
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
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1 Timothy 6:1
Let all who are under a yoke as slaves regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
Titus 2:5
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
Titus 2:8
And sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.
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1 Timothy 1:20
Among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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1 Timothy 5:3
Honor widows who are truly widows.
1 Timothy 5:5
She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Romans 12:8
The one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Deuteronomy 21:17
But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
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1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
Deuteronomy 25:4
You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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Matthew 10:10
No bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor san...
Luke 10:7
And remain in the same house, eating and drinki...
Leviticus 19:13
You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him....
Deuteronomy 24:15
You shall give him his wages on the same day, b...
1 Corinthians 9:4
Do we not have the right to eat and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:7 - 14
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who...
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Deuteronomy 25:4
You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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Deuteronomy 19:15
A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.
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Titus 1:13
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.
Titus 2:15
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
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Deuteronomy 13:11
And all Israel shall hear and fear and never again do any such wickedness as this among you.
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1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession.
2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
2 Timothy 4:1
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
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2 Corinthians 5:16
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
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1 Timothy 3:10
And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.
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Acts 6:6
These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
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2 John 1:11
For whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
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1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.
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Psalms 104:15
And wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
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Psalms 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Proverbs 10:9
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
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1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.
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Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and continually all the day my name is despised.
Romans 2:24
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
Titus 2:5
To be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
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Philemon 1:16
No longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother - especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
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1 Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things.
1 Timothy 4:13
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
1 Timothy 5:7
Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach.
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1 Timothy 1:3
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine.
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1 Timothy 1:10
The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
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Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness.
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1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
2 Timothy 3:4
Treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.
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1 Corinthians 8:2
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
1 Timothy 1:7
Desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
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1 Timothy 1:4
Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
2 Timothy 2:23
Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.
Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
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2 Timothy 2:14
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
Acts 18:15
But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.
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2 Timothy 3:8
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
Ephesians 4:22
To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires.
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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1 Timothy 4:8
For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
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Psalms 37:16
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it.
Proverbs 16:8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
Philippians 4:11
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you.
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Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Psalms 49:17
For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Ecclesiastes 5:15
As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
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Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear.
Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me.
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Proverbs 15:27
Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 23:4
Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
Matthew 13:22
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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1 Timothy 3:7
Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.
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1 Timothy 1:19
Holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith.
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Exodus 23:8
And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
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2 Timothy 3:17
That the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
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2 Timothy 2:22
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.
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1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
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Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
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1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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2 Corinthians 9:13
By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others.
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1 Timothy 5:21
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
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Matthew 27:11
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
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1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
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1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
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1 Timothy 1:11
In accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
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Revelation 17:14
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
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1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Psalms 104:2
Covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
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Job 37:23
The Almighty - we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
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John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Titus 2:12
Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
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Romans 11:20
That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
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Mark 10:24
And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!
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Proverbs 23:5
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Matthew 13:22
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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Acts 14:17
Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
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Luke 12:21
So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
Titus 3:8
The saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable for people.
Titus 3:14
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
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Romans 12:13
Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
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Matthew 6:19 - 20
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
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1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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2 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus.
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2 Timothy 3:5
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
2 Timothy 4:4
And will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
Titus 1:14
Not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
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2 Timothy 2:16
But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness.
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Colossians 4:18
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
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