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Titus 2:7
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
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2 Thessalonians 3 9
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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Philippians 3:17
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
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Ezekiel 34:4
The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.
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1 Timothy 4 12
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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Matthew 20:25-26
But Jesus called them to him and said,“ You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
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2 Corinthians 1 24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
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3 John 1 9-3 John 1 10
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Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. (niv)
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Mark 10:42-45
Jesus called them together and said,“ You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (niv)
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1 Corinthians 11 11
Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. (niv)
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1 Peter 2 9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (niv)
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Matthew 23:8-10
“ But you are not to be called‘ Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.And do not call anyone on earth‘ father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. (niv)
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Psalms 74:2
Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt. (niv)
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Luke 22:24-27
A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.Jesus said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. (niv)
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Philippians 4:9
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me— put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 1 5-1 Thessalonians 1 6
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. (niv)
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Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. (niv)
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Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 5
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 3 9
For we are co- workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 3 5
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe— as the Lord has assigned to each his task. (niv)