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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 in doing these things ye shall never stumble. (2 Peter 1:10)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 13:52)

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Heb. 4:11• ¹¹Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest that no one fall in the same example of disobedience. (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 in doing these things ye shall never stumble.
¹⁵and I will be diligent also that at every time ye may have [it] after my departure 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, use diligence, spotless and blameless to be found by him in peace; (2 Peter 3:14)

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Acts 2:22• ²²Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man shown forth from God to you by mighty works, 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 serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved by men. (Rom. 14:18)

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Rom. 16:10• ¹⁰Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute those of the [household] of Aristobulus. (Rom. 16:10)

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

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

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Gal. 1:10• ¹⁰For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)

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1 Thess. 2:4• ⁴but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God that proveth our hearts. (1 Thess. 2:4)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²{i}And 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.{/i} (Matt. 13:52)

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2 Cor. 3:6• ⁶who also made us competent [as] servants of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter killeth but the spirit quickeneth. (2 Cor. 3:6)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑4• ³giving none offence in anything that the ministry be not blamed.
⁴But in everything as ministers of God commending ourselves, in much patience, in affliction, in necessities, in straits, (2 Cor. 6:3‑4)

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1 Tim. 4:6,12‑16• ⁶Setting these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and the good teaching which thou hast followed up.
¹²Let none despise thy youth, but be a pattern of the faithful in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
¹³Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
¹⁴Neglect not the gift that was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elderhood.
¹⁵Bestow care on these things; be wholly in them; that thy progress may be manifest to all.
¹⁶Take heed to thyself and the teaching; continue in them; for in doing this thou shalt save thyself and those that hear thee. (1 Tim. 4:6,12‑16)

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Matt. 13:52• ⁵²{i}And 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.{/i} (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 saith to Simon Peter, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He saith to him again a second time, Simon [son] of Jonah, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I dearly love thee. He saith to him, Tend my sheep.
¹⁷He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Acts 20:27• ²⁷For I shrank not 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 full-grown, but wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that come to nought. (1 Cor. 2:6)

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1 Cor. 3:1‑2• ¹And I, brethren, was not able to speak to you as spiritual, but as fleshy, as babes in Christ.
²With milk I gave you drink, not meat; for ye were not yet able, nor indeed are ye now able, (1 Cor. 3:1‑2)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²but refused the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor guilefully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men in the sight of God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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1 Thess. 5:14• ¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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Heb. 5:11‑14• ¹¹Of whom we have much to say and hard to be interpreted in speaking, since ye have become dull of hearing.
¹²For when on account of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that someone teach you the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, not of solid food.
¹³For every one that partaketh of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness; for he is an infant.
¹⁴But solid food belongeth to perfect, those that 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.