This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers
LawUnto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus
LawFor the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
John
Gospels / JohnAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIs not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis
LawJesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
John
GospelsThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke
GospelsSuffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIf iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job
WisdomAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job
Wisdom / JobThis shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Deuteronomy
LawAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: