If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Hebrews 13:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Remember them that had the rule over you, which spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Remember your leaders and superiors in authority [for it was they] who brought to you the Word of God. Observe attentively and consider their manner of living (the outcome of their well-spent lives) and imitate their faith (their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider and Bestower of eternal salvation through Christ, and their leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). American Standard Version (1901) Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. Common English Bible Remember your leaders who spoke God’s word to you. Imitate their faith as you consider the way their lives turned out. Catholic Public Domain Version Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, |
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.
Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them which so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.
And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost;
And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe.
For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.
Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: