Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  7000 God's people  »  7700 Leadership and the people of God  »  7793 teachers

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

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

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

The apostles and their helpers as teachers

The apostles generally

Acts 5:42 See also Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 4:2,18; Acts 5:21,28

Paul

Acts 20:20 See also Acts 11:26; Acts 15:35; Acts 18:11; 1 Corinthians 4:17; Corinthians 14:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11

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; Corinthians 14:29-34; Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 2:12; 2 Timothy 2:2

Elders as teachers

Titus 1:9 See also 1 Timothy 3:2; Timothy 5:17

Christians as teachers of one another

Colossians 3:16 See also Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 14:26

See also

1690  word of God
2363  Christ, preaching & teaching
3140  Holy Spirit, teacher
5115  Peter, preacher & teacher
5731  parents
7420  Rabbi
7464  teachers of the law
7718  elders
7755  preaching, importance
7766  priests
7797  teaching
8749  false teachers