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Studyl to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightlym dividing the word of truth.

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2 Peter 1:10• ¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:10)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52)

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Heb. 4:11• ¹¹Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. (Heb. 4:11)

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2 Peter 1:10,15• ¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
¹⁵but I will use diligence, that after my departure ye should have also, at any time, in your power to call to mind these things. (2 Peter 1:10,15)

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2 Peter 3:14• ¹⁴Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless; (2 Peter 3:14)

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Acts 2:22• ²²Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazaraean, a man borne witness to by God to you by works of power and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in your midst, as yourselves know (Acts 2:22)

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Rom. 14:18• ¹⁸For he that in this serves the Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men. (Rom. 14:18)

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Rom. 16:10• ¹⁰Salute Apelles, approved in Christ. Salute those who belong to Aristobulus. (Rom. 16:10)

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2 Cor. 5:9• ⁹Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him. (2 Cor. 5:9)

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2 Cor. 10:18• ¹⁸For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. (2 Cor. 10:18)

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Gal. 1:10• ¹⁰For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman. (Gal. 1:10)

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1 Thess. 2:4• ⁴but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts. (1 Thess. 2:4)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52)

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2 Cor. 3:6• ⁶who has also made us competent, as ministers of the new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens. (2 Cor. 3:6)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑4• ³giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;
⁴but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits, (2 Cor. 6:3‑4)

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1 Tim. 4:6,12‑16• ⁶Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
¹²Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
¹³Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
¹⁴Be not negligent of the gift that is in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.
¹⁵Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
¹⁶Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:6,12‑16)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man that is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old. (Matt. 13:52)

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Mark 4:33• ³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear, (Mark 4:33)

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Luke 12:42• ⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season? (Luke 12:42)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Acts 20:27• ²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:27)

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1 Cor. 2:6• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought. (1 Cor. 2:6)

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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• ¹And *I*, brethren, have not been able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly; as to babes in Christ.
²I have given you milk to drink, not meat, for ye have not yet been able, nor indeed are ye yet able; (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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1 Thess. 5:14• ¹⁴But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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Heb. 5:11‑14• ¹¹Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking of it, since ye are become dull in hearing.
¹²For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.
¹³For every one that partakes of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;
¹⁴but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil. (Heb. 5:11‑14)

• Timothy is to "use diligence" to commend himself, not to his hearers, but to God. This principle is the safeguard of all who are engaged in public service. (article #86504)

• It is not only necessary therefore to be godly, to have a single eye, but there must be also that knowledge of the Lord's mind, as revealed in the Scriptures, which will enable those who are in the place of teachers to rightly divide, "to cut in a straight line" the word of truth. Diligence is requisite for this—diligence in the prayerful study of the Word—and it is this which is really enjoined upon Timothy. Ability to teach is a divine gift; to be a good workman is the result of study, training, and practice, in dependence upon the power of the Holy Ghost. (article #86504)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

W. Kelly Translation

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Be diligent to present thyself approved to God, a workman not to be ashamed, cutting straightly the word of truth.