1 Timothy 5:17

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The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

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  • Luke 10:7 : 7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then do so generously; if it is leading, do it diligently; if it is showing mercy, do it cheerfully.
  • Phil 2:29 : 29 So welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such people,
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 The one who is taught the word should share all good things with the one who teaches.
  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
  • 1 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who lack the right to not work for a living? 7 Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock? 8 Do I say these things merely from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law also say the same? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it oxen that God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say this entirely for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake because the plowman ought to plow in hope and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you? 12 If others have this right to receive from you, shouldn’t we have it even more? But we have not used this right. Instead, we endure all things so that we will not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the offerings of the altar? 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  • 1 Cor 16:16 : 16 so that you too may be subject to such people, and to everyone who works hard and labors among you.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 As workers together with Him, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, and I ask you, true companion, to help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
  • 1 Thess 5:12-13 : 12 Now we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord, and who instruct you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 (For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 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 faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • 1 Tim 5:3 : 3 Honor widows who are truly widows.
  • Rom 15:27 : 27 Yes, they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated also to minister to them with material blessings.
  • Rom 16:12 : 12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who work hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge of his servants to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
  • John 4:38 : 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 They did this, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Acts 28:10 : 10 They honored us in many ways, and when we were ready to sail, they provided us with the supplies we needed.
  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 After they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?" Elisha replied, "Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit."
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her hard service is completed, that her sin has been paid for, for she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 I will first repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled My inheritance with their abominations.
  • Jer 17:18 : 18 May my persecutors be put to shame, but may I not be put to shame. May they be dismayed, but may I not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction.
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Return to your stronghold, prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then he said to his disciples, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.' 38 Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field.
  • Matt 24:25 : 25 See, I have told you in advance.
  • Luke 10:1-2 : 1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place where He was about to go. 2 He said to them, 'The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.'
  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you their greetings.

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    18For the Scripture says, 'You shall not muzzle the ox while it is threshing,' and, 'The worker is worthy of his wages.'

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  • 1 Thess 5:12-13
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    12Now we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord, and who instruct you.

    13Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another.

  • 1 Pet 5:1-4
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    1I urge the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings, and also as one who will share in the glory to be revealed.

    2Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

    3Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

    4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
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    16If any believing man or woman has widows, let them help them and not let the church be burdened, so that it may assist those who are truly widows.

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  • 1 Tim 5:1-4
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    1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

    2older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters—with absolute purity.

    3Honor widows who are truly widows.

    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching are not slandered.

    2Those who have believing masters should not disregard them because they are brothers; instead, they should serve them even more, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Teach and encourage these things.

  • Heb 13:7
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    7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;

  • Titus 2:1-3
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    1As for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound teaching.

    2Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance.

    3Likewise, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things.

  • 1 Tim 3:12-13
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    12Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their households well.

    13For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14Keep reminding them of these things, and solemnly warn them before God not to quarrel about words. Such arguments are useless and lead to the ruin of those who listen.

    15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

  • 1 Pet 2:17
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    17Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

  • 1 Cor 9:14
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    14In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.

  • 1 Tim 3:1-2
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    1This saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

    2Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

  • 1 Tim 4:11
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    11Command and teach these things.

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7Command these things so that they may be above reproach.

  • Titus 1:5-7
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    5I left you in Crete for this reason, so that you might set in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you.

    6An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wild living or rebellion.

    7For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

  • 1 Tim 3:8
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    8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, and not greedy for dishonest gain.

  • Titus 2:15
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    15Speak these things, encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

  • 1 Tim 5:9-10
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    9A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband,

    10and is well known for her good works: if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in affliction, and devoted herself to every good work.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

    5(For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you do for the brothers, especially when they are strangers.

  • Titus 2:10
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    10They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.

  • 1 Pet 2:14
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    14or to governors as those sent by him to punish evildoers and to praise those who do good.

  • Titus 2:5
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    5to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.

  • Luke 10:7
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    7Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

  • 1 Pet 4:11
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    11If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

  • 1 Tim 3:10
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    10Let them also be tested first; then, if they prove blameless, let them serve as deacons.

  • 2 Thess 3:12
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    12To such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and earn their own living.