Titus 2:15

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So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.
  • Titus 1:13 : 13 Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith
  • 1 Tim 5:20 : 20 Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.
  • Matt 7:29 : 29 because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law.
  • Mark 1:22 : 22 The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.
  • Mark 1:27 : 27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
  • Luke 4:36 : 36 They were all amazed and began to say to one another,“What’s happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
  • 1 Tim 4:12-13 : 12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity. 13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

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