13 Bible Verses about Pastors

Who also has made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but of a ready mind;

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not violent, not given to dishonest gain;

Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

This is a true saying, If a man desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, not violent, not greedy of money; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;