Ministers
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Ministers’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
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Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
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Isaiah 52:11 OT
Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry Yahweh’s vessels.
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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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Exodus 28:36 OT
“You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, ‘HOLY TO YAHWEH.’
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They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
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Titus 1:8 NT
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
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Acts 20:19 NT
serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
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but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
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The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,
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The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
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Titus 1:7 NT
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
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Isaiah 6:8 OT
I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
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1 Peter 5:2 NT
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
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Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
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But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
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Acts 20:24 NT
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
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according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
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Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
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Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.