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Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

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.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: — read the full passage →

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the Lord: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, — read the full passage →

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. — read the full passage →

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. — read the full passage →