27 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be

but they must continue to hold the open secret of faith with a clear conscience.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of pure life, self-controlled,

to serve the Lord with all humility and in tears, through the trials that befell me because of the plots of the Jews.

On the contrary, I am trying in everything to prove to people that I am a true servant of God: by my tremendous endurance in sorrows, distresses, difficulties;

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel but must be gentle to everybody; he must be a skillful teacher, and not resentful under injuries.

So the pastor must be a man above reproach, must have only one wife, must be temperate, sensible, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful in teaching;

For as God's trustee a pastor must be above reproach, not stubborn or quick-tempered or addicted to strong drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain,

be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though you had to but of your own free will, not from the motive of personal profit but freely,

It is now the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I will never ask you for financial support, for it is not your money but you yourselves that I want; for children are not by duty bound to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.

We never sought praise from men, either from you or from anyone else; although as apostles we could have stood on our official dignity.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, to carry out these instructions without prejudice and with perfect impartiality.

Instead we were little children among you; we were like a mother nursing her children.

But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

in accordance with my eager expectation and hope that I shall never disgrace myself, but that now as always hitherto, by my all-conquering courage, whether by living or dying, Christ will be honored in me. For to me living means Christ and dying brings gain.

So you, my son, must keep renewing your strength in the spiritual blessing that comes through union with Christ Jesus.

But I keep on beating and bruising my body and making it my slave, so that I, after I have summoned others to the race, may not myself become unfit to run.

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of the Scriptures, and to preaching and teaching.

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

and always do it with joy in every entreaty I make for all of you,

managing his own house well, with perfect seriousness keeping his children under control

And I have a right to think this way about you, because I always have you in my heart, whether shut up in prison or out defending and vindicating the good news, for you are sharers with me of God's favor.

Because we were yearning for you so tenderly, we were willing, not only to share with you God's good news, but to lay down our very lives too for you, all because you were so dearly loved by us.

Follow my example, brothers, and keep your eyes on those who practice living by the pattern we have set you.

Not that I have no right to be supported, but to make myself an example for you to follow.

Let no one think little of you because you are young, but always set an example for believers, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

and not as domineering over those in your charge but proving yourselves models for the flock to imitate;