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Achaia: Benevolence of the Christians In Romans 15:26

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

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Achaia: Benevolence of the Christians In 2 Corinthians 9:2

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

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Achaia: Benevolence of the Christians In 2 Corinthians 11:10

As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in a Holy Example Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in a Holy Example Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in a Holy Example 1 Thessalonians 1:7

As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Admonishing Others 1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Admonishing Others 2 Thessalonians 3:15

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Aiding Ministers in Their Labours Romans 16:3, 9

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, / Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Aiding Ministers in Their Labours 2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Aiding Ministers in Their Labours Philippians 4:14–16

Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction. / And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving. / For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Aiding Ministers in Their Labours 3 John 1:6

They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Declaring What God Has Done for Them Psalm 66:16

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Declaring What God Has Done for Them Psalm 116:16–19

Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds. / I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD. / I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Dedicating Themselves to the Service of God Joshua 24:15

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Dedicating Themselves to the Service of God Psalm 27:4

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God 1 Chronicles 29:2, 3, 14, 16

Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance. / Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: / But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Matthew 6:19, 20

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Mark 12:44

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Luke 12:33

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Luke 18:22, 28

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” / “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Acts 2:45

Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Devoting all Property to God Acts 4:32–34

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned. / With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all. / There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Encouraging the Weak Isaiah 35:3, 4

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! / Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Encouraging the Weak Romans 14:1

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Encouraging the Weak Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Encouraging the Weak 1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in First Giving Their own Selves to the Lord 2 Corinthians 8:5

And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Following Christ Luke 14:27

And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Following Christ Luke 18:22

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Forsaking all for Christ Luke 5:11

And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Giving a Reason for Their Faith Exodus 12:26, 27

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ / you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Giving a Reason for Their Faith Deuteronomy 6:20, 21

In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” / then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Giving a Reason for Their Faith 1 Peter 3:15

But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Hating Life for Christ Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Boldness Psalm 119:46

I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conduct 1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conservation Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conservation Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conservation Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conservation Ephesians 4:29

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Holy Conservation Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Interceding for Others Colossians 4:3

as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Interceding for Others Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Interceding for Others James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Inviting Forth God's Praises Isaiah 43:21

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Inviting Others to Embrace the Gospel Psalm 34:8

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Inviting Others to Embrace the Gospel Isaiah 2:3

And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Inviting Others to Embrace the Gospel John 1:46

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Inviting Others to Embrace the Gospel John 4:29

“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Joyfully Suffering for Christ Hebrews 10:34

You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Old Age Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Old Age Psalm 71:18

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Openly Confessing Christ Matthew 10:32

Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Preferring Christ Above all Relations Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Preferring Christ Above all Relations 1 Corinthians 2:2

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Reproving Others Leviticus 19:17

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Reproving Others Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Seeking the Edification of Others Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Seeking the Edification of Others Romans 15:2

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Seeking the Edification of Others 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Showing Forth God's Praises Isaiah 43:21

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Talking of God and his Works Psalm 71:24

My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Talking of God and his Works Psalm 77:12

I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Talking of God and his Works Psalm 119:27

Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Talking of God and his Works Psalm 145:11, 12

They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might, / to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Teaching and Exhorting Psalm 34:11

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Teaching and Exhorting Psalm 51:13

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Teaching and Exhorting Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Teaching and Exhorting Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Teaching and Exhorting Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in the Family Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in the Family Psalm 78:5–8

For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, / that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children / that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in the Family Isaiah 38:19

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in the Family 1 Corinthians 7:16

How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Their Intercourse with the World Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Their Intercourse with the World Philippians 2:15, 16

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world / as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Their Intercourse with the World 1 Peter 2:12

Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick Leviticus 25:35

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick Psalm 112:9

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick 2 Corinthians 9:9

As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick Acts 20:35

In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Visiting and Relieving the Poor, the Sick James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Youth Psalm 71:17

O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries in Youth Psalm 148:12, 13

young men and maidens, old and young together. / Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries with a Superabundant Liberality Exodus 36:5–7

and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.” / After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more, / since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries with a Superabundant Liberality 2 Corinthians 8:3

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

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All Christians should be As Missionaries with a Willing Heart Exodus 35:29

So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries with a Willing Heart 1 Chronicles 29:9, 14

And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly. / But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: After the Example of Christ Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: An Imperative Duty Judges 5:23

‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: An Imperative Duty Luke 19:40

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: Andrew John 1:41, 42

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ). / Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: Anna Luke 2:38

Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: Apollos Acts 18:25

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: Aquila Acts 18:26

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: As Faithful Stewards 1 Peter 4:10, 11

As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. / If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

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All Christians should be As Missionaries: Barnabas Acts 4:36, 37

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement), / sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

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