Bible verses about "gatekeepers" | Murdock

¹ And I, an Elder, your associate, and a witness of the sufferings of the Messiah, and a participator in his glory which is to be revealed, entreat the Elders who are among you: ² Feed ye the flock of God which is committed to you: have care for it, spiritually; not from compulsion, but voluntarily; not for base gain, but with all your heart; ³ not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them: ⁴ that when the chief shepherd shall be revealed, ye may receive from him a crown of glory that fadeth not. ⁵ And ye juniors submit yourselves to your seniors; and clothe yourselves, stringently, with lowliness of mind one towards another; because God resisteth them who exalt themselves, and giveth grace to the humble. ⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the powerful hand of God: and it will exalt you in due time. ⁷ And cast all your solicitude upon God; for he careth for you. ⁸ Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh whom he may devour. ⁹ Therefore resist him, being steadfast in the faith: and know ye, that the same sufferings befall your brethren that are in the world. ¹⁰ Now it is the God of grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Jesus the Messiah, that hath given us, while we sustain these light afflictions, to be strengthened, and confirmed, and established by him for ever: ¹¹ to whom be glory, and power, and honor, for ever and ever. Amen. ¹² These as I account them few things, I have written to you by Sylvanus, a faithful brother. And I would persuade, and would testify, that this is the true grace of God, this in which ye stand. ¹³ The elect church which is in Babylon, saluteth you; also Mark, my son. ¹⁴ Salute ye one another with a holy kiss. Peace be with you all, who are in the Messiah. Amen.

¹ O ye rich ones, wail and weep, on account of the miseries that are coming upon you. ² For your wealth is spoiled and putrid; and your garments are moth-eaten: ³ and your gold and your silver have contracted rust; and the rust of them will be testimony against you; and it will eat your flesh. Ye have heaped up a fire to you against the latter days. ⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped your ground, which ye have wrongfully retained, crieth out; and the clamor of the reapers hath entered the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ For ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and revelled, and feasted your bodies as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye have condemned and slain the just, and none resisted you. ⁷ But, my brethren, be ye patient until the advent of the Lord; like the husbandman, who waiteth for the precious fruits of his ground, and is patient as to them, until he receive the early and the latter rain. ⁸ So also be ye patient, and fortify your hearts; for the advent of our Lord draweth nigh ⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door. ¹⁰ For patience in your afflictions, my brethren, take to you the example of the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ For lo, we ascribe blessedness to them who have borne suffering. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; and ye have seen the result which the Lord wrought for him: for the Lord is merciful and compassionate. ¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear ye not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your language be yes, yes, and no, no, lest ye become obnoxious to judgment. ¹³ And if any of you shall be in affliction, let him pray; or if he be joyous, let him sing psalms. ¹⁴ And if one is sick, let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray for him, and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord: ¹⁵ and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and our Lord will raise him up; and if sins have been committed by him, they will be forgiven him. ¹⁶ And confess ye your faults one to another, and pray ye one for another, that ye may be healed; for great is the efficacy of the prayer which a righteous man prayeth. ¹⁷ Elijah also was a man of sensations like us, and he prayed that rain might not descend upon the earth; and it descended not, for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth gave forth its fruits. ¹⁹ My brethren, if one of you err from the way of truth, and any one convert him from his error; ²⁰ let him know, that he who turneth the sinner from the error of his way, will resuscitate his soul from death, and will cover the multitude of his sins.

¹ I exhort thee, therefore, first of all, that thou present to God supplication, and prayer, and intercession, and thanksgiving, for all men: ² for kings and magistrates, that we may dwell in a quiet and tranquil habitation, with all reverence for God, and with purity. ³ For this is good and acceptable before God our life-giver; ⁴ who would have all men live, and be converted to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For God is one; and the mediator between God and men is one, namely the man Jesus the Messiah; ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for every man; a testimony that arrived in due time, ⁷ of which I am constituted a herald and legate. I speak the truth, and do not lie, for I am the teacher of the Gentiles in the belief of the truth. ⁸ I desire therefore, that men may pray in every place, while they lift up their hands with purity, without wrath, and without disputations. ⁹ So also, that women appear in a chaste fashion of dress; and that their adorning be with modesty and chastity; not with curls, or with gold, or with pearls, or with splendid robes; ¹⁰ but with good works, as becometh women who profess reverence for God. ¹¹ Let a woman learn in silence, with all submission: ¹² for I do not allow a woman to teach, or to be assuming over the man; but let her remain in stillness. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, and then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not seduced, but the woman was seduced and transgressed the command. ¹⁵ Yet she shall live by means of her children, if they continue in the faith, and in love, and in sanctity, and in chastity.