TOPICAL BIBLE
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Romans 12:8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.Romans 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.Romans 15:31Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,Romans 15:32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.1 Corinthians 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,1 Corinthians 1:16Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.1 Corinthians 1:28He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,1 Corinthians 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.1 Corinthians 2:1When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.1 Corinthians 2:2For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.1 Corinthians 2:3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.1 Corinthians 2:4My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,1 Corinthians 3:1Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?1 Corinthians 3:4For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.1 Corinthians 3:8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.1 Corinthians 3:10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.1 Corinthians 3:11For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,1 Corinthians 3:13his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.1 Corinthians 3:14If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.1 Corinthians 3:15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.1 Corinthians 3:16Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.1 Corinthians 4:12We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;1 Corinthians 4:13when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.1 Corinthians 4:21Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?1 Corinthians 9:2Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.1 Corinthians 9:3This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?1 Corinthians 9:5Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?1 Corinthians 9:6Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?1 Corinthians 9:8Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?1 Corinthians 9:14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.1 Corinthians 9:15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.1 Corinthians 9:16Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!1 Corinthians 9:17If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.1 Corinthians 9:18What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.