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Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.

almost 10 years ago

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Elders who do their work well should be respected and paid well, especially those who work hard at both preaching and teaching.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Timothy 6:8 NLT

So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Timothy 6:7 NLT

After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Timothy 2:10 NLT

For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.

almost 10 years ago

And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 11:30 NLT

If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 6:8 NLT

We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 6:7 NLT

We faithfully preach the truth. God’s power is working in us. We use the weapons of righteousness in the right hand for attack and the left hand for defense.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 5:20 NLT

So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted 2 Corinthians 5:18 NLT

And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Ezekiel 18:23 NLT

“Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Ezekiel 16:33 NLT

Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Ezekiel 13:17 NLT

“Now, son of man, speak out against the women who prophesy from their own imaginations.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 12:5 NLT

“If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 9:25 NLT

“A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit—

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 9:24 NLT

But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 9:23 NLT

This is what the LORD says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast in their power, or the rich boast in their riches.

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Jeremiah 8:20 NLT

“The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!”

almost 10 years ago

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highlighted Ezekiel 4:11 NLT

Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times.

about 10 years ago

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