Those who have responsibility for instructing others, especially in relation to matters of faith and life: in the home, parents; in Israel, priests and teachers of the law and in the NT church, apostles, prophets, pastors and teachers. At a less formal level Christians should seek to teach one another. God is the supreme teacher of his people.
God is the supreme teacher
Hebrews 8:10–11 See also Jeremiah 31:33–34; Deuteronomy 8:3; Psalm 32:8; John 14:26; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Titus 2:11–12
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
Parents as teachers
Ephesians 6:4 See also Deuteronomy 4:9–10, Deuteronomy 6:4–9, Deuteronomy 11:18–19; Psalm 78:5–6; 2 Timothy 3:14–15
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Priests as Israel's teachers
Malachi 2:4–7 See also Leviticus 10:11; 2 Kings 12:2; 2 Chronicles 35:3; Nehemiah 8:7–8; Ezekiel 44:23
Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts. “My covenant with him was one of life and peace, which I gave to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
The apostles and their helpers as teachers
The apostles generally
Acts 5:42 See also Matthew 28:19–20; Acts 4:2, Acts 4:18, Acts 5:21, Acts 5:28
Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
Paul
Acts 20:20 See also Acts 11:26, Acts 15:35, Acts 18:11; 1 Corinthians 4:17, 1 Corinthians 14:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11
I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
Timothy
1 Timothy 4:6–16; 2 Timothy 2:23–25
The gift of teachers in the church
Ephesians 4:11 See also Acts 13:1; 1 Corinthians 12:28–29, 1 Corinthians 14:29–34; Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 2:12; 2 Timothy 2:2
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Elders as teachers
Titus 1:9 See also 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 5:17
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
Christians as teachers of one another
Colossians 3:16 See also Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 14:26
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.