These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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1 Corinthians 4
Brit Hadashah 21 verses
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As for us Apostles, let any one take this view of us—we are Messiah’s officers, and stewards of Elohim’s secret truths.
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Romans 16:25 1 Peter 4:10 Titus 1:7 1 Timothy 3:9 Ephesians 6:19 1 Corinthians 9:16-18 Luke 8:10 1 Corinthians 2:7 2 Corinthians 12:6 Ephesians 3:3-9 1 Timothy 3:16 Luke 16:1-3 Colossians 1:25-27 2 Corinthians 6:4 Colossians 4:3 Luke 12:42 Colossians 2:2 1 Corinthians 4:13 1 Timothy 3:6 Mark 4:11 Matthew 24:45 Ephesians 1:9 1 Corinthians 3:5 Matthew 13:11 2 Corinthians 11:23 2 Corinthians 4:5 - 2 This being so, it follows that fidelity is what is required in stewards.
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I however am very little concerned at undergoing your scrutiny, or that of other men; in fact I do not even scrutinize myself.
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- 4 Though I am not conscious of having been in any way unfaithful, yet I do not for that reason stand acquitted; but He whose scrutiny I must undergo is the Lord.
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Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people’s hearts; and then the which each man deserves will come to him from .
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2 Corinthians 10:18 2 Corinthians 5:10 Romans 2:16 Romans 2:1 1 Corinthians 3:13 Romans 2:29 1 Peter 1:7 Revelation 20:12 James 5:7 Matthew 25:23 Luke 6:37 Matthew 24:46 1 Thessalonians 5:2 Ecclesiastes 12:14 James 4:11 2 Corinthians 4:2 John 5:44 Hebrews 4:13 1 Peter 5:4 Romans 14:4 Romans 14:10-13 Luke 12:1-3 John 21:22 Revelation 1:7 1 Corinthians 1:7 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Matthew 25:21 1 Corinthians 3:8 1 Corinthians 15:23 1 Corinthians 11:26 Matthew 7:1-2 2 Peter 3:12 Romans 2:7 Jude 1:14 Matthew 24:30 2 Peter 3:4 Malachi 3:18 -
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In writing this much, brethren, with special reference to Apollos and myself, I have done so for your sakes, in order to teach you by our example what those words mean, which say, “Nothing beyond what is written!”—so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry, for one teacher against another.
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1 Corinthians 13:4 1 Corinthians 1:12 1 Corinthians 5:2 2 Timothy 2:10 2 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 8:1 1 Corinthians 4:18-19 2 Corinthians 10:12 1 Corinthians 3:21 2 Corinthians 12:6 2 Corinthians 11:12-15 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Psalm 146:3 Romans 12:3 2 Corinthians 10:7 Numbers 11:28-29 1 Corinthians 9:23 Isaiah 2:22 1 Corinthians 5:6 2 Corinthians 4:15 1 Corinthians 3:4-7 Psalm 8:4 1 Corinthians 1:19 John 3:26-27 Colossians 2:18 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Corinthians 12:19 1 Corinthians 1:31 Job 11:11-12 Jeremiah 17:5-6 Matthew 23:8-10 1 Corinthians 3:19 -
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Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?
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John 3:27 1 Peter 4:10 Romans 12:6 James 1:17 1 Chronicles 29:11-16 Proverbs 2:6 Romans 12:3 Luke 19:13 1 Corinthians 15:10 Romans 1:5 Daniel 5:23 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Daniel 4:30-32 Ezekiel 29:3 Titus 3:3-7 2 Chronicles 32:23-29 2 Thessalonians 2:12-14 Matthew 25:14-15 1 Corinthians 5:6 Ezekiel 28:2-5 1 Corinthians 3:5 Daniel 5:18 1 Corinthians 7:7 Ephesians 3:3-5 Romans 9:16-18 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 John 1:16 1 Timothy 1:12-15 Acts 12:22-23 -
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Every one of you already has all that can desire; already you have grown rich; without waiting for us, you have ascended your thrones! Yes indeed, would to that you had ascended your thrones, that we also might reign with you!
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1 Corinthians 1:5 Galatians 6:3 Revelation 5:10 Romans 12:15-16 2 Corinthians 13:9 Acts 20:29-30 Psalm 122:5-9 Romans 12:3 Luke 1:51-53 Philippians 2:12 1 Thessalonians 3:6-9 2 Timothy 2:11-12 1 Corinthians 5:6 Numbers 11:29 Acts 26:29 Proverbs 13:7 1 Corinthians 4:18 Luke 6:25 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 Jeremiah 28:6 Philippians 1:27 Proverbs 25:14 2 Corinthians 11:1 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 Isaiah 5:21 Revelation 3:17 -
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, it seems to me, has exhibited us Apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; for we have come to be a spectacle to all creation—alike to angels and to men.
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We, for Messiah’s sake, are labeled as “foolish”; you, as Messiahians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
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1 Corinthians 2:3 Acts 26:24 Acts 17:18 1 Corinthians 3:18 2 Corinthians 13:9 Isaiah 53:3 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Luke 18:9 Acts 9:16 Matthew 5:11 Jeremiah 8:8-9 1 Corinthians 3:2 1 Corinthians 2:14 Proverbs 11:12 2 Corinthians 11:19 Matthew 24:9 Luke 10:16 1 Corinthians 10:12 2 Corinthians 13:3-4 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 Acts 17:32 1 Corinthians 4:8 1 Peter 4:14 Luke 6:22 1 Corinthians 1:18-20 Hosea 9:7 1 Thessalonians 4:8 1 Corinthians 10:14-15 2 Corinthians 11:29 2 Kings 9:11 1 Corinthians 1:26-28 Matthew 10:22-25 2 Corinthians 10:10 - 11 To this very moment we endure both hunger and thirst, with scanty clothing and many a blow.
- 12 Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we ; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;
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when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world—the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.
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- 14 I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am you advice as my dearly-loved children.
- 15 For even if you were to have ten thousand spiritual instructors—for all that you could not have several fathers. It is I who in became your father through the Good News.
- 16 I entreat you therefore to become like me.
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For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Messiahian teacher—the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.
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1 Corinthians 7:17 1 Timothy 1:2 1 Corinthians 16:10 1 Corinthians 16:1 2 Timothy 1:2 1 Corinthians 14:33 1 Corinthians 7:25 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11:2 Revelation 2:10 2 Timothy 2:2 Matthew 24:45 2 Timothy 3:10 Ephesians 6:21 Matthew 25:21 Proverbs 13:17 1 Corinthians 4:15 Revelation 2:13 Matthew 25:23 Acts 19:21-22 Colossians 1:7 Colossians 4:9 1 Corinthians 4:2 1 Thessalonians 3:2-3 Numbers 12:7 Philippians 2:19 -
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But some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that I am not coming to Corinth.
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- 19 But, if the Lord is willing, I shall come to you without delay; and then I shall not the fine speeches of these conceited people, but their power.
- 20 For Apostolic authority is not a thing of words, but of power.
- 21 Which shall it be? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in a loving and tender ?