12 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Not Be

nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,

but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things.

But He said to him, “Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God.”

No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.