1 Timothy 3:13 Cross References - MSTC

¹³ For they that minister well, get themselves good degree, and great liberty in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

²⁸ Even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and to give his life for the redemption of many."

²¹ Then his master said unto him, 'Well, good servant and faithful; Thou hast been faithful in little, I will make thee ruler over much: enter in into thy master's joy.'

¹⁰ He that is faithful in that which is least: the same is faithful in much. ¹¹ So then if ye have not been faithful in the wicked mammon, who will believe you in that which is true? ¹² And if ye have not been faithful in another man's business: who shall give you your own?

¹⁷ And he said unto him, 'Well good servant, because thou wast faithful in a very little thing; Take thou authority over ten cities.'

⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude well. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas, a convert of Antioch,

⁸ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

¹⁵ And all that sat in the council looked steadfastly on him, and saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

¹⁵ And Jacob descended into Egypt, and died both he and our fathers, ¹⁶ and were translated into Shechem, and were put in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for money of the sons of Hamor, at Shechem. ¹⁷ "When the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt ¹⁸ till another king arose which knew not of Joseph. ¹⁹ The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their young children, that they should not remain alive. ²⁰ The same time was Moses born, and was a proper child in the sight of God, which was nourished up in his father's house three months. ²¹ When he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him up for her own son. ²² And Moses was learned in all manner wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in deeds and in words. ²³ And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. ²⁴ And when he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged his quarrel that had the harm done to him, and smote the Egyptian. ²⁵ For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hands should save them: but they understood not. ²⁶ And the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, 'Sirs, ye are brethren why hurt ye one another?' ²⁷ But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away saying, 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge among us? ²⁸ What, wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?' ²⁹ Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian; Where he begat two sons. ³⁰ "And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. ³¹ When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to behold, the voice of the Lord came unto him, ³² 'I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled and durst not behold. ³³ Then said the Lord to him, 'Put off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place where thou standest is holy ground. ³⁴ I have perfectly seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now, come: and I will send thee into Egypt.' ³⁵ This Moses whom they forsook, saying, 'Who made thee a ruler and a judge?' — the same God sent, both a ruler and a deliverer, by the hands of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. ³⁶ And the same brought them out showing wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the reed sea, and in the wilderness forty years. ³⁷ This is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel, 'A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you, of your brethren, like unto me: him shall ye hear.' ³⁸ This is he that was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. This man received the word of life to give unto us, ³⁹ to whom our fathers would not obey: But cast it from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, ⁴⁰ saying unto Aaron, 'Make us gods to go before us. For we know not what is become of this Moses that brought us out of the land of Egypt.' ⁴¹ And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the image, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. ⁴² Then God turned himself, and gave them up, that they should worship the stars of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'O ye of the house of Israel: gave ye to me sacrifices and meat offerings by the space of forty years in the wilderness? ⁴³ And ye took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, figures which ye made to worship them. And I will translate you beyond Babylon.' ⁴⁴ "Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed them, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen: ⁴⁵ which tabernacle our fathers received, and brought it in with Joshua into the possession of the gentiles, which gentiles God drave out before the face of our fathers unto the time of David, ⁴⁶ which found favour before God, and desired that he would faine have made a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. ⁴⁷ But Solomon built him a house. ⁴⁸ Howbeit, he that is highest of all dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet, ⁴⁹ 'Heaven is my seat, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build for me, saith the Lord? Or what place is it that I should rest in? ⁵⁰ Hath not my hand made all these things?' ⁵¹ "Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before of the coming of that Just, whom ye have betrayed and murdered. ⁵³ And ye also have received a law by the ordinance of angels, and have not kept it."

³⁵ And when he came unto a grece, it fortuned that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people:

⁷ Let him that hath an office, wait on his office; ⁸ Let him that teacheth take heed to his doctrine; Let him that exhorteth give attendance to his exhortation; If any man give, let him do it with singleness; Let him that ruleth do it with diligence; If any man show mercy let him do it with cheerfulness.

¹⁵ Brethren, ye know the house of Stephanas, how that they are the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have appointed themselves to minister unto the saints:

¹⁴ Insomuch that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bonds, and dare more largely speak the word without fear.

² but even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully entreated at Philippi — as ye well know — then were we bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God, with much striving.

¹ Thou, therefore, my son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous that he should forget your work and labour that proceedeth of love, which love showed in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister.

¹⁰ As every man hath received the gift, minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any man speak, let him talk as though he spake the words of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God ministereth unto him. That God, in all things, may be glorified through Jesus Christ: to whom be praise and dominion forever and while the world standeth. Amen.