30 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be

Turn! Turn! Go out from there! Touch not the unclean. Go out of her midst; purify yourself, bearers of the vessels of Jehovah.

having the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the fire offerings of Jehovah, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.

but hospitable, a lover of good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,

serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and many tears and temptations happening to me through the plots of the Jews;

but in everything commending ourselves as God's servants, in much patience, in troubles, in emergencies, in distresses,

But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient,

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me!

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you, for I do not seek your things, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, being able to be so with heaviness, as apostles of Christ.

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse warmly cherishes her children.

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus Christ, to testify fully the gospel of the grace of God.

according to my earnest expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but as always now Christ shall be magnified in my body with all boldness, whether it is by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

But I buffet my body, and lead it captive, lest proclaiming to others I myself might be rejected.

Until I come, attend to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry.

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

always in every prayer of mine making my request for you all with joy

ruling his own house well, having children in subjection with all honor.

even as it is righteous for me to think this of you all, because you have me in your heart, inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of my grace.

So affectionately longing for you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because you have become beloved to us.

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and mark those who walk this way, for you have us for a pattern.

(not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, to imitate us).

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

nor as lording it over those allotted to you by God, but becoming examples to the flock.