1 Timothy 5:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,

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  • Luke 10:7 : 7 And in that house tary still, eating and drinking such things as by them shall be set before you: for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Goe not from house to house.
  • Rom 12:8 : 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that distributeth, let him doe it with simplicitie: he that ruleth, with diligence: he that sheweth mercie, with cheerefulnesse.
  • Phil 2:29 : 29 Receiue him therefore in the Lord with all gladnesse, and make much of such:
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what man can doe vnto me.
  • Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him that is taught in the worde, make him that hath taught him, partaker of all his goods.
  • 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.
  • 1 Cor 9:5-9 : 5 Or haue we not power to lead about a wife being a sister, as well as the rest of the Apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? 6 Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke? 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne coste? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flocke, and eateth not of the milke of the flocke? 8 Say I these thinges according to man? saith not the Lawe the same also? 9 For it is written in the Lawe of Moses, Thou shalt not mussell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: doeth God take care for oxen? 10 Either saith hee it not altogether for our sakes? For our sakes no doubt it is written, that he which eareth, should eare in hope, & that he that thresheth in hope, should be partaker of his hope. 11 If wee haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges, is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges? 12 If others with you bee partakers of this power, are not we rather? neuerthelesse, we haue not vsed this power: but suffer all things, that we should not hinder the Gospel of Christ. 13 Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar? 14 So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 1 Cor 16:16 : 16 That ye be obedient euen vnto such, and to all that helpe with vs and labour.
  • 2 Cor 6:1 : 1 So we therefore as workers together beseech you, that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the worde: be instant, in season and out of season: improue, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
  • Phil 2:16 : 16 Holding forth the worde of life, that I may reioyce in the day of Christ, that I haue not runne in vaine, neither haue laboured in vaine.
  • Phil 4:3 : 3 Yea, and I beseech thee, faithfull yokefellow, helpe those women, which laboured with me in the Gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowe labourers, whose names are in the booke of life.
  • 1 Thess 5:12-13 : 12 Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lorde, & admonish you, 13 That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.
  • 1 Tim 3:5 : 5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ, which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of faith, and of good doctrine, which thou hast continually followed.
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For therefore we labour and are rebuked, because we trust in the liuing God, which is the Sauiour of all men, specially of those that beleeue.
  • 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe, and vnto learning: continue therein: for in doing this thou shalt both saue thy selfe, & them that heare thee.
  • 1 Tim 5:3 : 3 Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.
  • Rom 15:27 : 27 For it hath pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnall things.
  • Rom 16:12 : 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, which women labour in the Lorde. Salute the beloued Persis, which woman hath laboured much in the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building.
  • Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?
  • John 4:38 : 38 I sent you to reape that, whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entred into their labours.
  • Acts 11:30 : 30 Which thing they also did, and sent it to the Elders, by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all things, howe that so labouring, ye ought to support the weake, and to remember the wordes of the Lord Iesus, howe that hee saide, It is a blessed thing to giue, rather then to receiue.
  • Acts 28:10 : 10 Which also did vs great honour: and when we departed, they laded vs with things necessarie.
  • 2 Kgs 2:9 : 9 Nowe when they were passed ouer, Eliiah saide vnto Elisha, Aske what I shall doe for thee before I be taken from thee; Elisha saide, I pray thee, let thy Spirit be double vpon me.
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 Speake comfortably to Ierusalem, and crye vnto her, that her warrefare is accomplished, that her iniquitie is pardoned: for she hath receiued of the Lords hand double for all her sinnes.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 And first I will recompense their iniquitie and their sinne double, because they haue defiled my lande, and haue filled mine inheritance with their filthie carions and their abominations.
  • Jer 17:18 : 18 Let them bee confounded, that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be afraide, but let not me be afraide: bring vpon them the day of aduersitie, and destroy them with double destruction.
  • Zech 9:12 : 12 Turne you to the strong holde, ye prisoners of hope: euen to day doe I declare, that I will render the double vnto thee.
  • Matt 9:37-38 : 37 Then saide he to his disciples, Surely the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. 38 Wherefore pray the Lorde of the haruest, that he woulde sende foorth labourers into his haruest.
  • Matt 24:25 : 25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before.
  • Luke 10:1-2 : 1 After these thinges, the Lorde appointed other seuentie also, and sent them, two and two before him into euery citie and place, whither he himselfe should come. 2 And he said vnto them, The haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe: pray therefore the Lord of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his haruest.
  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the Saintes. They of Italie salute you.

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    18 For the Scripture sayeth, Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthie of his wages.

    19 Against an Elder receiue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses.

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    12 Nowe we beseeche you, brethren, that ye acknowledge them, which labour among you, and are ouer you in the Lorde, & admonish you,

    13 That yee haue them in singular loue for their workes sake. Bee at peace among your selues.

  • 1 Pet 5:1-4
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    1 The elders which are among you, I beseech which am also an elder, and a witnesse of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe reueiled,

    2 Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

    3 Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

    4 And when that chiefe shepheard shal appeare, ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory.

  • 16 If any faithfull man, or faithfull woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Church bee charged, that there may bee sufficient for them that are widowes in deede.

  • 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

  • 1 Tim 5:1-4
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    1 Rebuke not an Elder, but exhort him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren,

    2 The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.

    3 Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.

    4 But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 Let as many seruaunts as are vnder the yoke, count their masters worthie of all honour, that the Name of God, and his doctrine be not euill spoken of.

    2 And they which haue beleeuing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather doe seruice, because they are faithfull, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite. These things teach and exhort.

  • 7 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what man can doe vnto me.

  • 7 Or an office, let vs waite on the office: or he that teacheth, on teaching:

  • Titus 2:1-3
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    1 Bvt speake thou the thinges which become wholesome doctrine,

    2 That the elder men be watchful, graue, teperate, sounde in the faith, in loue, & in patience:

    3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

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    12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

    13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.

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    14 Of these things put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not about wordes, which is to no profit, but to the peruerting of the hearers.

    15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workeman that needeth not to be ashamed, diuiding the worde of trueth aright.

  • 17 Honour all men: loue brotherly fellowship: feare God: honour the King.

  • 14 So also hath the Lorde ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

  • 6 The husbandman must labour before he receiue the fruites.

  • 1 Tim 3:1-2
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    1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.

    2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

  • 11 These things warne and teache.

  • 7 These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

  • Titus 1:5-7
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    5 For this cause left I thee in Creta, that thou shouldest continue to redresse the thinges that remaine, and shouldest ordeine Elders in euery citie, as I appointed thee,

    6 If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

    7 For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

  • 14 I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

  • 8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,

  • 15 These things speake, and exhort, and conuince with all authoritie. See that no man despise thee.

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    9 Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,

    10 And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.

  • 1 Tim 3:4-5
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    4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.

    5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?

  • 5 Beloued, thou doest faithfully, whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,

  • 10 Neither pickers, but that they shew al good faithfulnesse, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

  • 14 Or vnto gouernours, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punishment of euill doers, and for the praise of them that doe well.

  • 5 That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good & subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

  • 7 And in that house tary still, eating and drinking such things as by them shall be set before you: for the labourer is worthy of his wages. Goe not from house to house.

  • 11 If any man speake, let him speake as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth, that God in al things may be glorified through Iesus Christ, to whome is prayse and dominion for euer, and euer, Amen.

  • 10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.

  • 12 Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnes, and eate their owne bread.