As members of the Body of Christ, each of us have been endowed with a special measure of grace to use in His service. Paul develops this theme in Romans where he states 'For as we have many members in one Body, and all members have not the same office So we, being many, are one Body in Christ, and ever one members one of another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether...ministry, let us wait on our ministering or he that teacheth, on teaching Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity he that ruleth, with diligence he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
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If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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1 Peter 5:5:
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.'
(NIV)
Likewise, you who are younger and of lesser rank, be subject to the elders (the ministers and spiritual guides of the church)--[giving them due respect and yielding to their counsel]. Clothe (apron) yourselves, all of you, with humility [as the garb of a servant, so that its covering cannot possibly be stripped from you, with freedom from pride and arrogance] toward one another. For God sets Himself against the proud (the insolent, the overbearing, the disdainful, the presumptuous, the boastful)--[and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them], but gives grace (favor, blessing) to the humble. [Prov. 3:34.](AMP)
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
(KJV)
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Deuteronomy 18:9:
When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
(NIV)
When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of these nations.
(AMP)
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
(KJV)
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He that loveth, flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth. He is free, and cannot be held in. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all, because he resteth in one highest above all things, from whom all that is good flows and proceeds.
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James 4:6:
But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.'
(NIV)
But He gives us more and more grace (power of the Holy Spirit, to meet this evil tendency and all others fully). That is why He says, God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, but gives grace [continually] to the lowly (those who are humble enough to receive it). [Prov. 3:34.](AMP)
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
(KJV)
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John 14:27:
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
(NIV)
Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.](AMP)
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
(KJV)
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John 10:11:
'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.'
(NIV)
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep. [Ps. 23.](AMP)
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
(KJV)
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1 Timothy 6:17:
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
(NIV)
As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment.
(AMP)
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
(KJV)
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It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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Deuteronomy 13:1:
If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,
(NIV)
IF A prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
(AMP)
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
(KJV)
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The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.
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John 3:34:
For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
(NIV)
For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! [Deut. 18:18.](AMP)
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
(KJV)
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Exodus 20:12:
'Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.'
(NIV)
Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you.
(AMP)
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
(KJV)
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James 1:5:
If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
(NIV)
If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him.
(AMP)
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
(KJV)
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
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John 6:37:
All whom the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
(NIV)
All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me].
(AMP)
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
(KJV)
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The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1:21
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