1 Thessalonians 5:12
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12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
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1 Thessalonians 5:13
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13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
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1 Timothy 3:4
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4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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1 Timothy 3:5
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5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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1 Timothy 3:12
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12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Timothy 5:17
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17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
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1 Peter 5:1-4
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5 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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