Sentences with phrase «as the apostle instructs»

«but rarely told them to avoid wearing nice jewelry as the apostle instructs them just one sentence later in 1 Peter 3:3.»

Pastors told wives to submit to their husbands as the apostle Peter instructed in 1 Peter 3:1, but rarely told them to avoid wearing nice jewelry as the apostle instructs them just one sentence later in 1 Peter 3:3.

Not exact matches

He clearly instructed his Apostles that it was better for him to leave this world so he could then be present with all men and women who would receive him as the Spirit of Truth.

The apostles redistributed the wealth as they saw fit as the believers gave money for the cause of the new cult — as they felt instructed to do by the greatest authority that they knew of — God.

While Mary may have never been called an apostle, there was an apostle Junia (Rom 16:7 — the «of note among the apostles» that the ESV and other masculinist translations try to pigeonhole this into is a modern invention, not at all supported by biblical Greek; it was only even created when the masculinists finally had to admit that there was no manuscript evidence for transforming the name into «Junias», a masculine form), and there certainly was a Priscilla who «instructed Apollos» (Acts 18) and who was lauded by Paul as a «fellow worker» (Rom 16:3), as were numerous other women, such as Phoebe the deacon (Rom 16:1).

C. F. Evans notes: «As in this Gospel particularly the body of disciples begins to appear as a church under the discipline of the apostles, and the material is arranged for church use, so now the resurrection commission is in terms of church order — to make disciples, to baptize and to instruct.&raquAs in this Gospel particularly the body of disciples begins to appear as a church under the discipline of the apostles, and the material is arranged for church use, so now the resurrection commission is in terms of church order — to make disciples, to baptize and to instruct.&raquas a church under the discipline of the apostles, and the material is arranged for church use, so now the resurrection commission is in terms of church order — to make disciples, to baptize and to instruct.»

Right after the apostle Paul encouraged Ephesian wives to submit to their husbands as they would to Christ, and Ephesian husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, he instructed Ephesian slaves to «obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ» (Ephesians 6:5).