Miscellaneous Commands from the Bible

Cut off offending members

Matthew 5:29-30

29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Matthew 18:8-9  

8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Deacons must be

1 Timothy 3:8-12 

8 Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.

9 They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.

10 They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

11 In the same way, their wives are to be women worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.

Defraud not

Mark 10:19  

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

Desire spiritual gifts

1 Corinthians 14:1  

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

Desire milk of Word

1 Peter 2:2  

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Despise not prophesying’s

1 Thessalonians 5:20  

Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

Destroy none with non-essentials

Romans 14:15  

If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died.

1 Corinthians 8:13  

Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.