13 Bible Verses about Pastors

He has qualified even me as a minister of the new covenant, which is not a written but a spiritual covenant. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

So, because I hold a place in this ministry and that because I have had God's mercy shown me, I never give up.

This has all originated with God, for He through Christ has reconciled me to Himself and has given me the ministry of reconciliation.

Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, so as to continue to be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.

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,

Is anyone sick among you? He should call in the elders of the church, and they should pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord,

while we will go on devoting ourselves to prayer and the word of God."

Then He said to them, "You must go all over the world and preach the good news to all the creation.

through the pretensions of false teachers, men with seared consciences,

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

This is a saying to be trusted: "Whoever aspires to the office of pastor desires an excellent work." So the pastor must be a man above reproach, must have only one wife, must be temperate, sensible, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful in teaching; not addicted to strong drink, not pugnacious, gentle and not contentious, not avaricious,