Reverend

But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. — read the full passage →

He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

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. — read the full passage →

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

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.

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

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. — read the full passage →

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

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.

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.”

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,

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

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

God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, — 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.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

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 →

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; — read the full passage →

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

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

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.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.Yes, I tell you, fear him.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don’t know.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from your midst, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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

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

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

for our God is a consuming fire.

Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

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;

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

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

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

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence; — read the full passage →

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

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

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

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all; — read the full passage →

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; — read the full passage →

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.

So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.

If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God.