The Character Of A Preacher

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. — read the full passage →

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: — read the full passage →

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. — read the full passage →

And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, — read the full passage →

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. — read the full passage →

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: — read the full passage →

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. — read the full passage →

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: — read the full passage →

And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: — read the full passage →

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? — read the full passage →

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

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? — read the full passage →

Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; — read the full passage →

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: — read the full passage →

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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.

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. — read the full passage →

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, — read the full passage →

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.