Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. —1 Timothy 4:13
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.” 21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.” —Luke 8:19-21
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Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. —Romans 16:16
Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. —1 Thessalonians 5:26
Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. —1 Peter 5:14
Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. —Romans 15:7
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“So of course, church is very ‘vertical’; it’s all about relating to God through the Lord Jesus Christ. But the more we focus on Jesus, the more clearly we see through His eyes the people sitting all around us, for whom He died.”
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And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. —1 Thessalonians 2:13
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The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. —Acts 17:10-11
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So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. —Romans 10:17
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“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” —Matthew 7:24-27
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“Grace to you…[Word of God] …Grace be with you.”