“Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give an account; let them do this with joy and not with sighing — leaders (hegemōn) deserve obedience (peithō) and submission (hypotassō); they answer for the community's spiritual welfare (psychē). Joy rather than groaning marks faithful leadership.
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoObey Your Leaders
I'm supposed to obey my leaders, let them lead without making their job difficult. But like everything else, that's qualified - obedience to leaders is obedience to leaders who are leading toward God....
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Amara DialloNote1mo agoThe promise of restoration - Hebrews 13
God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. This connects directly to the promise made to A...
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