Bible verses about "gatekeepers" | Anderson

¹ The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed. ² Act as shepherds to the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for the sake of sordid gain, but from readiness of mind: ³ neither as being lords over God's possessions, but being examples to the flock. ⁴ And when the chief shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory that fades not away. ⁵ Likewise, you younger, be in subjection to the older: do you all indeed be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the lowly. ⁶ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the strong hand of God, that he may exalt you in due season. ⁷ Cast all your cares on him, for he cares for you. ⁸ Be sober, be watchful: for your adversary, the devil, like a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour. ⁹ Being firm in the faith, resist him, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world. ¹⁰ But may the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, confirm you. ¹¹ To. him be glory and dominion from age to age. Amen. ¹² By Sylvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand. ¹³ The church in Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you, and so does Marcus my son. ¹⁴ Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus.

¹ Come, now, you rich men, weep and lament for your miseries that are coming upon you. ² Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten: ³ your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and their rust will be a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have heaped up treasures in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped your fields, which has been unjustly withheld by you, cries out: and the cries of those who have reaped, have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ You have condemned and killed the Just One: and he does not set himself against you. ⁷ Be patient, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer looks for the precious fruit of the earth, and waits patiently for it, till he receives the early and the latter rain. ⁸ Be you also patient, establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near. ⁹ Indulge not in complaints against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door. ¹⁰ Take, my brethren, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering evil, and of patience. ¹¹ Behold, we count those happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the final dealing of the Lord, that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful. ¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by heaven, or by the earth, or with any other oath: but let your yes, be yes, and your no, be no, lest you fall into condemnation. ¹³ Is any one among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any one cheerful? let him sing praise. ¹⁴ Is any one among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ And the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. ¹⁶ Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be restored to health: the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man with passions like our own; and he earnestly prayed that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And he prayed again; and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. ¹⁹ Brethren, if any among you should err from the truth, and one should turn him back, ²⁰ let him know that he who turns back a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

¹ I exhort, therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, ² for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and gravity. ³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who is willing that all men should be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself a ransom for all, of which the testimony has been given in its proper times, ⁷ to give which testimony I have been appointed a preacher and an apostle; (I speak the truth, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faithfulness and in truth. ⁸ I will, therefore, that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputation. ⁹ In like manner, also, I will that the women adorn themselves with decorous dress, with modesty and sobriety, not with plaited hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly raiment, ¹⁰ but with good works; since this becomes women who profess godliness. ¹¹ Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. ¹² I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. ¹³ For Adam was first formed, then Eve. ¹⁴ And Adam was not deceived: but the woman being deceived, was in transgression; ¹⁵ but they shall be saved by the bearing of children, if they continue in faith and love and holiness with sobriety.