Removing Leaders

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. — read the full passage →

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →

(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, — read the full passage →

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior. — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Don’t you judge those who are within? — read the full passage →

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

He must increase, but I must decrease.

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

because it is written, “You shall be holy; for I am holy.”

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all. — read the full passage →

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.

He spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? — read the full passage →

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise you.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest. — read the full passage →

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →