Romans 12:6-12
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n Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if o prophecy, p in proportion to our faith;
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if q service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;
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the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; r the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with s cheerfulness.
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t Let love be genuine. u Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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v Love one another with brotherly affection. w Outdo one another in showing honor.
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Do not be slothful in zeal, x be fervent in spirit, y serve the Lord.
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z Rejoice in hope, a be patient in tribulation, b be constant in prayer.
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1 Corinthians 12:4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Peter 4:10 - 11
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:
1 Corinthians 7:7
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
1 Corinthians 12:7 - 11
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
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1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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Acts 6:1
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
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1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
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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2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
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2 Corinthians 6:6
By purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love.
1 Timothy 1:5
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 1:22
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.
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Psalms 97:10
O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 101:3
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Amos 5:15
Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - 22
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
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Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue.
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Romans 13:7
Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
1 Peter 2:17
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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Acts 18:25
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
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Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
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Romans 5:2
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
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Acts 1:14
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
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