A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Genesis
LawAnd I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMoreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark
GospelsAnd thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis
Law / MosesIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John
GospelsAnd after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Deuteronomy
LawBut and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
Luke
GospelsButter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThis only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?