Verse 5

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
  • 2 Tim 2:3 : 3 Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
  • Acts 21:8 : 8 And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
  • Col 4:17 : 17 Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.
  • 1 Tim 4:15 : 15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.
  • Acts 20:30-31 : 30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them. 31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
  • 2 Tim 3:10-12 : 10 But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble; 11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all. 12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.
  • Col 1:25 : 25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • Rom 15:19 : 19 By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
  • Jer 6:17 : 17 And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
  • Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
  • Ezek 33:2 : 2 Son of man, give a word to the children of your people, and say to them, When I make the sword come on a land, if the people of the land take a man from among their number and make him their watchman:
  • Ezek 33:7 : 7 So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel; and you are to give ear to the word of my mouth and give them news from me of their danger.
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
  • Luke 12:37 : 37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.