27 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be
Most Relevant Verses
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews,
but in every thing commending ourselves as ministers of God, in great patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,
It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,
For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,
feed the flock of God which is among you, not by constraint but willingly, not for base gain but of a ready mind,
Behold, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be burdensome to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.
neither did we seek glory of men, either of you or of others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ;
I charge you before God, and Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing from partiality.
But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
according to my expectation and hope that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness as always also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Because for me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.
But do you be sober in all things, endure evil, do the work of an evangelist, perform fully your ministry.
always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
ruling well his own house, having his children in subjection with all dignity,??5 but if any one knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God???6 not a novice, lest being inflated with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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 defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers of my grace.
so being greatly desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but our own souls, because you were dear to us.
Be followers of me, brothers, and observe those who walk so as you have us for an example.
not that we have not a right [to a support], but that we may make ourselves an example for you to follow us.
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the faithful, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.