Discipline of the Church
16 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
9 sections
Consists in Maintaining Sound Doctrine
- 1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
- Titus 1:13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
Consists in Ordering Its Affairs
- 1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
- Titus 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
Consists in Rebuking offenders
- 1 Timothy 5:20 But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
Consists in Removing Obstinate offenders
- 1 Corinthians 5:3–5 Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. …
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
- 1 Timothy 1:20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
Decency and Order, the Objects of
- 1 Corinthians 14:40 But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
Exercise, in a Spirit of Charity
- 2 Corinthians 2:6–8 The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him. …
Ministers Authorised to Establish
- Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
- Matthew 18:18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Prohibits Women Preaching
- 1 Corinthians 14:34 Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
- 1 Timothy 2:12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
should be Submitted To
- Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.