1 Corinthians 11:22

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”

“ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.

Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

I will give them in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

Tell the children of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! The Lord Yahweh says, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity:

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

When they didn’t find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will eat no meat forever more, that I don’t cause my brother to stumble.

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Give no occasion for stumbling, whether to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are Yahweh’s eyes, which run back and forth through the whole earth.”

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation. I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”

Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?

(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.