What Does the Bible Say About Teaching Others?

James 3:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 35 helpful votes

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

James 5:19-20 ESV / 34 helpful votes

My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

2 Timothy 2:24-26 ESV / 31 helpful votes

And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Deuteronomy 6:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

Mark 16:15-16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

Hebrews 5:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

Romans 15:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

Leviticus 26:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them,

Leviticus 26:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes

You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

Romans 2:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal?

Exodus 3:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” ...

Matthew 26:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.”

17 Bible Verses about Teaching Others

James 3:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 44 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 35 helpful votes

James 5:19-20 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:24-26 ESV / 31 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 6:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Mark 16:15-16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 15:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 2:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Exodus 3:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 26:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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17 Bible Verses about Teaching Others

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James 3:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 44 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:2 ESV / 35 helpful votes

James 5:19-20 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Colossians 3:16 ESV / 33 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:24-26 ESV / 31 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 6:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Mark 16:15-16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Hebrews 5:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Romans 15:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Leviticus 26:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 2:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Exodus 3:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 26:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes