Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
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Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
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1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
1 Peter 5:3
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
1 Timothy 4:14
Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
Matthew 28:19
Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
1 Timothy 1:18
This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,
Matthew 9:38
Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.
John 15:16
You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.
Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
Acts 13:3
Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
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Acts 20:26
And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Acts 20:27
For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.
Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
Acts 20:29
I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
Acts 20:30
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
Acts 20:31
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Isaiah 62:6
I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
Isaiah 21:8
And the watchman gave a loud cry, O my lord, I am on the watchtower all day, and am placed in my watch every night:
Isaiah 21:11
The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night?
Ezekiel 33:5
On hearing the sound of the horn, he did not take note; his blood will be on him; for if he had taken note his life would have been safe.
Isaiah 21:6
For so has the Lord said to me, Go, let a watchman be placed; let him give word of what he sees:
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Acts 20:17
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.
Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
Titus 1:6
Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.
Titus 1:7
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.
Acts 6:4
Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
Romans 12:6
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
1 Timothy 4:6
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
Acts 5:20
Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 4:12
For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:
1 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
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Revelation 5:9
And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
1 Corinthians 7:23
It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.
Hebrews 9:22
And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.
Ephesians 5:26
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
Ephesians 5:27
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Hebrews 10:29
But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
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John 21:16
Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus.
John 21:17
He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
1 Peter 5:4
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.
Micah 7:14
Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
John 10:11
I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
2 Samuel 7:7
In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?
Psalms 78:70
He took David to be his servant, taking him from the place of the flocks;
Ezekiel 37:24
And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.
Zechariah 11:4
This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
John 10:3
The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
1 Peter 1:18
Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
1 Peter 1:19
But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
Galatians 3:13
Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
Ephesians 1:14
Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.
Psalms 74:2
Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Exodus 15:16
Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
Exodus 19:5
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord's wealth is his people; Jacob is the land of his heritage.
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
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John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.
Matthew 2:6
You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?
Micah 5:4
And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 78:72
So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.
Song of Solomon 1:7
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
Song of Solomon 1:8
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
Psalms 23:1
A Psalm. Of David. The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.
Psalms 23:2
He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.
Psalms 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!
John 10:2
He who goes in by the door is the keeper of the sheep.
Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
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Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:
Colossians 4:17
Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.
1 Timothy 4:15
Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.
1 Timothy 4:16
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Hebrews 13:7
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
Proverbs 4:23
And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.
Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
1 Corinthians 3:11
For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 3:9
And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;
2 Timothy 2:15
Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.
2 John 1:8
Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.
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1 Peter 5:1
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
Acts 13:2
And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.
Acts 14:23
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
1 Timothy 3:2
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
2 Timothy 4:2
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
Matthew 16:18
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Mark 13:9
But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.
Luke 21:34
But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
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Hebrews 9:12
And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
Colossians 1:20
Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
Isaiah 53:10
And the Lord was pleased...see a seed, long life, ...will do well in his hand. ...
Isaiah 53:11
...made clear his righteousness before men...had taken their sins on himself.
Luke 21:28
But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.
John 3:16
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
2 Corinthians 5:19
That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not give grief to the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were marked for the day of salvation.
1 Peter 2:24
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
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1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
John 10:29
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
Ezekiel 34:3
You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.
Jeremiah 13:20
Let your eyes be lifted up (O Jerusalem), and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?
Ezekiel 34:7
For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:
Ezekiel 34:8
By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
Ezekiel 34:9
For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;
Ezekiel 34:10
This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.
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Jeremiah 3:15
And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
Jeremiah 23:4
And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Ezekiel 34:12
As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.
Ezekiel 34:13
And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 34:15
I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
Psalms 78:71
From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.
Psalms 100:3
Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.
2 Samuel 5:2
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
Psalms 80:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
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Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
Matthew 26:28
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
Romans 5:9
Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
Ephesians 5:2
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
Acts 8:35
So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one peacemaker between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
Mark 10:45
For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
John 6:51
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.
John 15:13
Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:
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1 Timothy 3:4
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;
1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?
Luke 12:43
Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.
Ezekiel 4:4
Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.
Mark 16:15
And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
John 20:22
And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
2 John 1:1
I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;
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Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
1 John 1:7
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
Colossians 1:14
In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:
Romans 3:24
And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:
Romans 3:25
Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Ephesians 1:22
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
John 6:56
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
1 Peter 1:20
Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
Hebrews 10:12
But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;
Hebrews 10:13
And has been waiting there from that time, till all who are against him are made a foot-rest for his feet.
Revelation 14:4
These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
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1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 11:22
What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.
Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
Revelation 2:2
I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;
Acts 20:32
And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
Revelation 1:20
The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.
Acts 1:20
For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
1 Timothy 1:12
I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,
Hebrews 13:24
Give words of love from me to those who are rulers over you, and to all the saints. Those who are in Italy send you their love.
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2 Timothy 4:1
I give you orders, before God and Christ Jesus, who will be the judge of the living and the dead, and by his revelation and his kingdom;
1 Timothy 6:13
I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,
1 Timothy 6:14
To keep the word untouched by evil, clear from all shame, till the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Deuteronomy 31:23
Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.
Numbers 27:23
And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
Numbers 27:18
And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;
Numbers 27:19
And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.
Numbers 27:20
And put your honour on him, so that all the children of Israel may be under his authority.
1 Kings 2:1
Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,
1 Timothy 5:21
I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
Deuteronomy 31:14
At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, put a man at the head of this people,
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John 1:1
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
John 1:2
This Word was from the first in relation with God.
Hebrews 1:8
But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
John 1:14
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
Romans 9:5
Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
Psalms 45:6
Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.
Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
Matthew 1:23
See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
1 John 5:7
And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.
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Acts 20:18
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
Acts 20:19
Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:
Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
Acts 20:21
Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 20:22
And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:
Acts 20:23
Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Acts 20:25
And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.
Acts 20:1
And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
Acts 20:7
And on the first day of the week, when we had come together for the holy meal, Paul gave them a talk, for it was his purpose to go away on the day after; and he went on talking till after the middle of the night.
Acts 21:23
Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;
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John 10:27
My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
John 10:28
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
John 10:12
He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:
John 10:13
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
John 10:14
I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
John 10:15
Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
Jeremiah 23:2
So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:3
And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
Ezekiel 34:31
And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:10
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
Zechariah 13:7
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
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Ezekiel 3:17
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
Ezekiel 3:18
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly be your fate; and you give him no word of it and say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his evil way, so that he may be safe; that same evil man will come to death in his evil-doing; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Ezekiel 3:19
But if you give the evil-doer word of his danger, and he is not turned from his sin or from his evil way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing; but your life will be safe.
Ezekiel 3:20
Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Ezekiel 3:21
But if you say to the upright man that he is not to do evil, he will certainly keep his life because he took note of your word; and your life will be safe.
Ezekiel 33:6
But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.
Ezekiel 33:7
So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.
Ezekiel 33:2
Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:
Ezekiel 33:3
If, when he sees the sword coming on the land, by sounding the horn he gives the people news of their danger;
Ezekiel 33:4
Then anyone who, hearing the sound of the horn, does not take note of it, will himself be responsible for his death, if the sword comes and takes him away.
Isaiah 21:12
The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.
Jeremiah 6:17
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
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Ezekiel 33:8
When I say to the evil-doer, Death will certainly overtake you; and you say nothing to make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way; death will overtake that evil man in his evil-doing, but I will make you responsible for his blood.
Ezekiel 33:9
But if you make clear to the evil-doer the danger of his way for the purpose of turning him from it, and he is not turned from his way, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, but your life will be safe.
Isaiah 58:1
Make a loud cry, do not be quiet, let your voice be sounding like a horn, and make clear to my people their evil doings, and to the family of Jacob their sins.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
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1 Corinthians 4:1
Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.
1 Corinthians 4:2
And it is right for such servants to be safe persons.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;
1 Thessalonians 5:13
And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
Ezekiel 44:23
And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.
Galatians 1:13
For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:
1 Timothy 2:7
And of this I became a preacher and an Apostle (what I say is true, not false,) and a teacher of the Gentiles in the true faith.
2 Timothy 1:11
Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;
Titus 1:9
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
Hebrews 3:1
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
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Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
Luke 22:19
And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
Luke 22:20
And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.
John 19:34
But one of the men made a wound in his side with a spear, and straight away there came out blood and water.
Hebrews 10:10
By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.
Hebrews 10:11
And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:14
Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.
1 John 2:2
He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
1 John 3:16
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
Galatians 2:20
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
Ephesians 5:24
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
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John 3:13
And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Romans 1:3
About his Son who, in the flesh, came from the family of David,
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1 Corinthians 12:8
For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
1 Corinthians 12:9
To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:10
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
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John 10:26
But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.
Proverbs 27:23
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
Luke 15:4
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
Luke 15:5
And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.
Luke 15:6
And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
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1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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2 Chronicles 19:9
And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.
Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
2 Timothy 4:4
And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.
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Acts 11:30
Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 18:23
And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.
Philemon 1:1
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear helper in the faith,
Acts 15:4
And when they came to Jerusalem, they had a meeting with the church and the Apostles and the rulers, and they gave an account of all the things which God had done through them.
Acts 15:6
And the Apostles and the rulers of the church came together and gave thought to the question.
Acts 15:23
And they sent a letter by them, saying, The Apostles and the older brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, may joy be with you:
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, having no right to be named an Apostle, because of my cruel attacks on the church of God.
1 Timothy 4:13
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
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Revelation 2:27
And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father:
Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.
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Nehemiah 11:9
And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.
Nehemiah 11:22
And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.
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