12 Bible Verses about Ministers, Should Not Be
Most Relevant Verses
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but freely, according to God’s will; not for the money but eagerly;
For an overseer, as God’s administrator, must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not addicted to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money,
Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please men, but rather God, who examines our hearts.
We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.
as grieving yet always rejoicing;
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.
But He told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the recruiter.
