2 Timothy 2:24-25
2:24 And the Lord’s slave
must not engage in heated disputes
but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,
2:25 correcting
opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth
Ezra 7:10
7:10 Now Ezra had dedicated himself
to the study of the law of the
Lord, to its observance, and to teaching
its statutes and judgments in Israel.
Ezra 7:25
7:25 “Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.
Malachi 2:7
2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him
because he is the messenger of the
Lord who rules over all.
Matthew 13:52
13:52 Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law
who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”
Matthew 13:1
The Parable of the Sower
13:1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.
Matthew 3:2-9
3:2 “Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3:3 For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken:
“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
3:4 Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,
3:6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
3:8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
Matthew 4:6
4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, ‘
He will command his angels concerning you’
and ‘
with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
Titus 1:5-9
Titus’ Task on Crete
1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
1:6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.
1:7 For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
1:8 Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.
1:9 He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it.