12 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Not Be

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

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me.

not addicted to strong drink, not pugnacious, gentle and not contentious, not avaricious,

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,

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,

On the other hand, I have renounced all underhanded, disgraceful methods; I neither practice cunning nor do I tamper with God's message, but by clear and candid statements of truth I try to commend myself to every human conscience in God's sight.

Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.

for since we have been so approved by God as to be entrusted with the good news, we are now telling it, not to please men but God, who proves and finds approved our hearts.

On every side I am ever hard-pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair; always being persecuted, but not deserted; always getting a knockdown, but never a knockout;

sad but always glad, poor but making many people rich, penniless but really possessing everything.

Then He answered him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you go on and continue to spread the good news of the kingdom of God."

No soldier ever allows himself to be involved in the business affairs of life, so that he may please the officer who enlisted him.