30 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children:

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father,

always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy,

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.