Focus on Reproduction, Student Workbook, SW12

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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

even apply the metaphor of a mother to describe his relationship with his churches (1 Cor. 3.1–3; Gal. 4.19; 1 Thess. 2.7). When writing to Rome and to Colossae, however, churches he had not founded, he carefully avoided the parental—and thus the pastoral—tone.

~Gerald F. Hawthorne. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (electronic ed.). Logos Library Systems. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997. p. 655.

II. The Roles of the Disciple-Maker: Model, Mentor, and Friend

A. The responsibility to be a Model (who the discipler is)

1. “Typos” - type, pattern, example

a. 1 Cor. 4.16

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b. Phil. 3.17

c. 1 Thess. 2.10-14

d. 1 Cor. 11.1

e. 1 Thess. 1.6

f. 1 Tim. 4.12

g. Heb. 13.7