27 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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

serving the Lord with all humility, and with tears, and trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

but as Gods ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

and a servant of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, apt in teaching, patient of wrong,

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;

For a bishop must be without reproach, as Gods steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,

tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

nor from men sought we glory, either from you, or from others; though we might have used authority as apostles of Christ.

I charge thee before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing with partiality.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, even as a nurse cherisheth her own children;

But I count life of no value to me, so that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

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

Thou therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus;

but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.

Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy ministry.

For this cause I bend my knees to the Father,

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

presiding well over his own house, having his children in subjection with all propriety;

even as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, all of you being sharers of the grace bestowed on me.

so having a strong affection for you, we were willing to impart to you, not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls, because ye became dear to us.

Brethren, be ye followers together of me, and mark those who walk as ye have us for an example.

Not because we have not authority, but to make ourselves an example to you, that ye should imitate us.

Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.

not as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;