13 Bible Verses about Pastors

Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.

Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the Church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.

I urge you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;

For a Presiding-Officer, as God's steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.

If any one of you is ill, let him send for the Officers of the Church, and let them pray over him, after anointing him with oil in the name of the lord.

While we, for our part, will devote ourselves to Prayer, and to the delivery of the Message."

Then he said to them: "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These men's consciences are seared,

not as lords of your charges, but as examples to your flock.

How true is that saying! When a man aspires to be a Presiding-Officer in the Church, he is ambitious for a noble task. The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skillful teacher, not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;