12 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Not Be
Most Relevant Verses
save what the holy spirit in every city declares, "that bonds and afflictions wait for me."
not given to wine or violence, but of a gentle temper, averse to contention and avarice: a master of economy,
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
for a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not morose, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not desirous of unlawful gain.
renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.
for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.
we preach the gospel just as God thought fit to intrust it with us, not being studious to please men, but God, who approves our sincerity.
I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; dejected, but not destroyed;
as sorrowful, though always cheerful; as poor, tho' inriching many; as having nothing, though contented with every thing.
Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their dead; but do you go and preach the kingdom of God.
he that enters into the service, disengages himself from civil affairs, that he may be acceptable to his officer.
