13 Bible Verses about Pastors

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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,

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

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the preaching ministry.”

Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

This saying is trustworthy: “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work.” An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy—