1 TIMOTHY 1.15
The word [is] steadfast, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am first;
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JOHN 15.2
every branch not bearing fruit in Me, He takes it away, and everyone bearing fruit, He cleanses by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
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ISAIAH 62.6-7
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, || All the day and all the night, || Continually, they are not silent.” O you remembering YHWH, do not keep silence for yourselves, And do not give silence to Him, || Until He establishes, and until He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
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MATTHEW 11.6
and blessed is he who may not be stumbled in Me.
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COLOSSIANS 3.4
when the Christ—our life—may have appeared, then we will also appear with Him in glory.
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MATTHEW 20.25-28
and Jesus having called them near, said, “You have known that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and those [who are] great exercise authority over them, but not so will it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your servant; and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant; even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many.”
MATTHEW 23.8-12
And you may not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher—the Christ, and you are all brothers; and you may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens, nor may you be called teachers, for one is your teacher—the Christ. And the greater of you will be your servant, and whoever will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be exalted.