15 Bible Verses about Ministers

Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house. Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

O Timotheus, keep the entrusted deposit, avoiding profane, vain babblings, and oppositions of false-named knowledge,

nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than further God's dispensation, which is in faith.

Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

And the things thou hast heard of me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, such as shall be competent to instruct others also.

Ye are the light of the world: a city situated on the top of a mountain cannot be hid.

He was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.

Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

of which I am become minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me, according to the working of his power.

if indeed ye abide in the faith founded and firm, and not moved away from the hope of the glad tidings, which ye have heard, which have been proclaimed in the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul became minister.

who has also made us competent, as ministers of the new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of the nations.

For to this end were the glad tidings preached to the dead also, that they might be judged, as regards men, after the flesh, but live, as regards God, after the Spirit.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom unhinderedly.

And they, going forth, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs following upon it.

Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having the everlasting glad tidings to announce to those settled on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people,

And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted.

And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,

in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.

Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears.

So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God.

Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.

His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:

For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.

being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead;

And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God.

The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all things,)

being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead;

And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

And straightway in the synagogues he preached Jesus that he is the Son of God.

The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all things,)

whom they set before the apostles; and, having prayed, they laid their hands on them.

Be not negligent of the gift that is in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.

Lay hands quickly on no man, nor partake in others' sins. Keep thyself pure.

For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

And Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and they that turn the many to righteousness as the stars, for ever and ever.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

But he that fixes his view on the perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in it, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, he shall be blessed in his doing.

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.

What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.

But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all the creation.

What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

proclaim the word; be urgent in season and out of season, convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and doctrine.

But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire.

nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things.

But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire.

nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things.

But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

distributing to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, saith Jehovah.

For we do not, as the many, make a trade of the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ.

For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.

Enjoin and teach these things.

in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, I am with you all the days, until the completion of the age.

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.

Enjoin and teach these things.

in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth,

Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for they watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

And he said unto me, Son of man, eat what thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee. And I ate, and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. read more.
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. For thou art not sent to a people of strange language, and of difficult speech, but to the house of Israel; not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech, whose words thou canst not understand: had I sent thee to them, would they not hearken unto thee? But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee, for none of them will hearken unto me. For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart. Behold, I have made thy face hard against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads. As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead. Fear them not, neither be dismayed at them, for they are a rebellious house. And he said unto me, Son of man, all my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears; and go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear. And the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place! And the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, And the sound of the wheels beside them, And the sound of a great rushing. And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat; and I sat there astonied among them seven days. And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who is sufficient for these things?

Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.

And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

If the work of any one which he has built upon the foundation shall abide, he shall receive a reward.

Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration. What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;

Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.

and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.

Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;

not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.

ye also labouring together by supplication for us that the gift towards us, through means of many persons, may be the subject of the thanksgiving of many for us.

Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.

and for me in order that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the glad tidings,

But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;

Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

as it is righteous for me to think this as to you all, because ye have me in your hearts, and that both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the glad tidings ye are all participators in my grace.

as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,

For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.

and my word and my preaching, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power;

And I, when I came to you, brethren, came not in excellency of word, or wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for they watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence,

Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.

Also I have set watchmen over you: Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you,

I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;

For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;

Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.

Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things.

And he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of Jehovah.

Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock? Do I speak these things as a man, or does not the law also say these things? For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about the oxen, read more.
or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of it. If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;

Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one.

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;

When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep. He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? are not ye also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you; for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith, because now we live if ye stand firm in the Lord. read more.
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, and be not afraid of their words; for briars and thorns are with thee, and thou dwellest among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, and be not dismayed at their faces; for they are a rebellious house.

What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses. And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

giving no manner of offence in anything, that the ministry be not blamed;

Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God. Even as I also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

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

nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings.

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy.

And thou shalt make a thin plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, as the engravings of a seal, Holiness to Jehovah!

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given to us for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.

For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given to us for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

On this account I write these things being absent, that being present I may not use severity according to the authority which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for overthrowing.

but even as ye abound in every way, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in love from you to us, that ye may abound in this grace also.

But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, preached the Christ to them;

And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him.

For I did not judge it well to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; but God the giver of the increase.

even as also ye have recognised us in part, that we are your boast, even as ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

And I have written this very letter to you, that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all.

every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

as grieved, but always rejoicing; as poor, but enriching many; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;

Be my imitators, even as I also am of Christ.

for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to the work of the ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;

Ye have long been supposing that we excuse ourselves to you: we speak before God in Christ; and all things, beloved, for your building up.

For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.

but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for they watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

that ye should also be subject to such, and to every one joined in the work and labouring.

and my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God.

how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce it to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,

Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts. And one of the seraphim flew unto me, and he had in his hand a glowing coal, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar; and he made it touch my mouth, and said, Behold, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin expiated.

not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God; who has also made us competent, as ministers of the new covenant; not of letter, but of spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit quickens.

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, read more.
and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

But if the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, if the sword come and take a person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, Wicked man, thou shalt certainly die; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.

but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.

But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of 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 ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death. For for me to live is Christ, and to die gain;

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

constantly in my every supplication, making the supplication for you all with joy,

His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber: and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them: Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of the circumcision, who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain.

He that believes and is baptised shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

For Christ has not sent me to baptise, but to preach glad tidings; not in wisdom of word, that the cross of the Christ may not be made vain.

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

Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.

I have combated the good combat, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

This charge, my child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,

conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Salute Urbanus, our fellow-workman in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.

Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,

Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

For this reason we also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations,

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

No one going as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who has enlisted him as a soldier.

But Jesus said to him, Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.

For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

And thou shalt take thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve me as priest Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

And no one takes the honour to himself but as called by God, even as Aaron also.

And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.