27 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Be

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate;

Serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and trials which befel me by the ambushes of the Jews.

but in every thing approving ourselves as the ministers of God; by much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

but to be gentle towards all men, ready to teach, patient under injuries,

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

taking the episcopal charge of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with a ready mind:

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your substance, but your selves. For children are not expected to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

nor sought we glory of men, neither of you, nor of others: though we might have expected maintenance, as the apostles of Christ.

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou keep to these things without preference of persons, doing nothing with partiality.

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

According to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be put to shame in nothing; but that with all freedom of speech, 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: and if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor:

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus:

but I mortify my body and bring it into subjection, least after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Till I come attend to reading, to exhortation, and teaching.

But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, give full proof of thy ministry.

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

(always making supplication for you all with joy

not covetous, governing his own family well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

As it is just for me to think this of you all, because ye have me in your heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, being all of you partakers of the same grace with me.

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

Brethren, be imitators of me, and observe those that walk as ye have us for an example.

Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.

Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

nor as lording it over the people, but being examples to the flock.