Taken from Ferrel Jenkin's book The Early Church

4. "Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has
made Him both Lord and Christ-- this Jesus whom you crucified."
- Acts 2:36 NASB
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5. That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your
heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
- Romans 10:9 NASB
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6. And that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
- Philippians 2:11 NASB
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7. 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter
answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus
said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood
did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18“I also
say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church;
and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
- Matthew 16:15-18 NASB
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8. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11 NASB
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9. 22And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as
head over all things to the church, 23which is His body, the fullness of
Him who fills all in all.
- Ephesians 1:22-23 NASB
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10. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place
in everything.
- Colossians 1:18 NASB
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11. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of
the age.”
- Matthew 28:18-20 NASB
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12. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were
making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be
reconciled to God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 NASB
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13. "The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you
rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me."
- Luke 10:16 NASB
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14. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives
Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
- John 13:20 NASB
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15. 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they
received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and
they believed that You sent Me.
14“I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them,
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- John 17:8, 14 NASB
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16. 7“But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I
do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send
Him to you. 8“And He, when He comes, will convict the world
concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9concerning sin,
because they do not believe in Me; 10and concerning righteousness,
because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; 11and
concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
12“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them
now. 13“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into
all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He
hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
14“He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
- John 16:7-14 NASB
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17. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name,
He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I
said to you.
- John 14:26 NASB
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18. "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that
is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about
Me,
- John 15:26 NASB
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19. 16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17so that the man
of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB
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20. For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE
HE IS THRESHING," and "The laborer is worthy of his wages."
- 1 Timothy 5:18 NASB
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21. "You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.”
- Deuteronomy 25:4 NASB
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22. "Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the
laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to
house.”
- Luke 10:7 NASB
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23. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the servant of Goda
may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NASB
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24. one Lord, one faith, one baptism
- Ephesians 4:5 NASB
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25. 1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of
you Gentiles—2Surely you have heard about the administration of
God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3that is, the mystery made
known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4In reading
this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of
Christ, 5which was not made known to people in other generations as
it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and
prophets.
- Ephesians 3:1-5 NASB
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26. For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches
all things, even the depths of God.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10 NASB
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27. Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our
common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that
you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down
to the saints.
- Jude 1:3 NASB
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28. but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now
preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy."
- Galatians 1:23 NASB
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29. 6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called
you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing
you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But
even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than
the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9As we
have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a
gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
- Galatians 1:6-9 NASB
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30. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for
salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the
Greek.
- Romans 1:16 NASB
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