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God as teacher

• Exodus 4:12; 1 Kings 8:36; Job 35:10-11; 36:22; Psalms 25:4-5, 8-9; 32:8; 71:17; 90:12; 94:9-10, 12; 119:12; 143:10; Isaiah 2:3; 28:26; 30:20; 48:17; John 6:45 (cf. Isaiah 54:13); 8:28; I Thessalonians 4:9

Christ as teacher

(See CHRIST; titles and functions of, Rabbi or Teacher; preaching and teaching of; message, preaching, teaching or testimony about)

• Matthew 5:2; 22:16; Acts 1:1

Holy Spirit as teacher

(See SPIRIT, HOLY)

• Luke 12:12; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:13; 1 John 2:20, 27

true teachers:

(See DOCTRINE, some biblical teachers of)

examples of

♦ Abraham

• Genesis 18:19

♦ Moses

• Exodus 18:19-20; Deuteronomy 4:14

♦ Bezalel and Oholiab

• Exodus 35:30-34

♦ Aaron and his sons

• Leviticus 10:8-11

♦ parents (i.e., to children)

• Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Psalms 78:5

♦ Israel's judges

• Deuteronomy 17:8-13

♦ the angel of the Lord (i.e., the pre-incarnate Christ)

• Judges 13:8-14

♦ officials and Levites

• 2 Chronicles 17:7-9; Nehemiah 8:9

♦ Ezra the scribe

• Ezra 7:6, 10, 25

♦ Joiarib and Elnathan

• Ezra 8:16

♦ the psalmist

• Psalms 34:11

♦ David

• Psalms 51:13

♦ fathers, mothers and other teachers of godly wisdom

• Proverbs 4:1-4; 5:13; 31:1

♦ the Preacher

• Ecclesiastes 12:9

♦ Zadok and his sons

• Ezekiel 44:15, 23

♦ teachers who keep God's commandments and teach them

• Matthew 5:19

♦ John the Baptist

• Luke 11:1

♦ the apostles

• Mark 6:30; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 2:20

♦ teachers in the church at Antioch

• Acts 13:1

♦ teachers focused on teaching

• Romans 12:7

♦ Spiritually gifted teachers for the church body

• 1 Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11

♦ Paul as a teacher

• 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11

♦ qualified elders

• 1 Timothy 3:2

♦ Timothy

• 1 Timothy 4:11; 6:2

♦ faithful men

• 2 Timothy 2:2

♦ the Lord's bond-servants

• 2 Timothy 2:24

♦ Christians in general

• Hebrews 5:12

proper response to

♦ be humble

• Psalms 25:9

♦ pay attention to them

• Isaiah 48:17-18 (cf. Proverbs 5:13)

♦ realize that pupils are not above their teachers

• Luke 6:40

♦ practice their teachings

• John 13:17

♦ follow their example

• John 13:13-15

♦ share with them (i.e., in Christian giving)

• Galatians 6:6

♦ remember their words

• 2 Peter 3:2

false teachers (see also APOSTASY; DOCTRINE, some false teachers of):

examples of

♦ prophets who teach falsehood

• Deuteronomy 18:20-22; Isaiah 9:15

♦ teachers of idolatry

• Jeremiah 12:16

♦ idols as false teachers

• Habakkuk 2:18-19

♦ teachers who do not keep God's commandments and teach others to do likewise

• Matthew 5:19

♦ teachers of strange doctrines

• 1 Timothy 1:3

♦ teachers of the law who lack understanding

• 1 Timothy 1:7

♦ teachers who accommodate the hearers' desires

• 2 Timothy 4:3

♦ teachers of destructive heresies and depraved character

• 2 Peter 2:1-3, 18-22

♦ teachers who mock at supernatural intervention

• 2 Peter 3:3-13

♦ teachers of error who are unprincipled men

• 2 Peter 3:17

♦ teachers who promote immorality and idolatry

• Revelation 2:20

proper response to

♦ be warned about them

• Deuteronomy 18:20-22; Isaiah 9:15-16; 2 Peter 2:1-22; 3:17

♦ be reminded of them

• 2 Peter 3:1-13

♦ be holy and steadfast in contrast to them

• 2 Peter 3:14, 17

♦ judgment of

• 2 Peter 2:4-17; 3:7

teachers of the law:

♦ Jesus sitting in the midst of them:

• Luke 2:46

♦ Jesus observed by them:

• Luke 5:17

♦ Gamaliel as one of them:

• Acts 5:34; 22:3

♦ inconsistency in practicing their own teaching:

• Romans 2:17-24

♦ regulations for women concerning teaching

• 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (cf. 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:15; Titus 2:3-4)

♦ various other uses

• Psalms 119:99; Proverbs 16:23; Jeremiah 31:34; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 11:14

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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