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1 Thessalonians 2 4
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.
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1 Timothy 4 6
If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
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2 Corinthians 5 9
Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him.
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2 Peter 1 10
Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.
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2 Corinthians 10 18
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.
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1 Timothy 4 12-1 Timothy 4 16
Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching.Don’t neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.
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2 Corinthians 4 2
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting deceitfully or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.
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2 Peter 1 15
And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.
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Galatians 1:10
For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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James 1:18
By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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Hebrews 5:11-14
We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food.Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.But solid food is for the mature— for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.
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2 Corinthians 3 6
He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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2 Peter 3 14
Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.
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1 Thessalonians 5 14
And we exhort you, brothers and sisters: warn those who are idle, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
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1 Corinthians 2 6
We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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John 21:15-17
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to him,“ you know that I love you.”“ Feed my lambs,” he told him.A second time he asked him,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to him,“ you know that I love you.”“ Shepherd my sheep,” he told him.He asked him the third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time,“ Do you love me?” He said,“ Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”“ Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.
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Romans 16:10
Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
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Acts 20:27
because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.
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Hebrews 4:11
Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.
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Ephesians 1:13
In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.
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Acts 2:22
“ Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know.
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Matthew 13:52
“ Therefore,” he said to them,“ every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.”
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Romans 14:18
Whoever serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and receives human approval.
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Luke 12:42
The Lord said,“ Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?
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1 Corinthians 3 1-1 Corinthians 3 2
For my part, brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies in Christ.I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
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2 Corinthians 6 3-2 Corinthians 6 4
We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed.Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,
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Mark 4:33
He was speaking the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand.
