The Force of Example
Philippians 4:9
Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.


During the siege of Sebastopol, Gordon was one day going the round of the trenches, when he heard an angry altercation between a corporal and a sapper. On inquiring the cause, he learnt that the men were instructed to place some gablons on the battery, and that the corporal had ordered the sapper to stand on the parapet, where he would be exposed to the enemy's fire, and to place the gabions, while he, perfectly sheltered, handed them up from below. Gordon at once jumped upon the parapet, ordering the corporal to join him, while the sapper handed them the gabions. When the work was done, and done under the fire of the watchful Russian gunners, Gordon turned to the corporal, and said, "Never order a man to do anything that you are afraid to do yourself."



Parallel Verses
KJV: Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

WEB: The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.




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