12 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Not Be
Most Relevant Verses
not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.
not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.
shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
For an overseer,as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 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 everything.
And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
