Tag: respect
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No Shortcuts for Believers — 1 Timothy 6:2
1 Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. There is a strange temptation that can creep in when faith and work overlap. If a believer…
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Family in the Fellowship — 1 Timothy 5:1–2
1 Timothy 5:1–2 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. As Paul moves into chapter five, he begins talking about how the church treats itself. Ministry is not only what the church does for the…
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Esteem Them in Love – 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13
1 Thessalonians 5:12–13 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Paul turns here to something deeply practical and deeply needed: leadership in the…