Pastors

And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; — read the full passage →

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good; — read the full passage →

Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.

preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; — read the full passage →

A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: — read the full passage →

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;

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee: — read the full passage →

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

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;

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness.

But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. — read the full passage →

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

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mentionof youin our prayers;

and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all; — read the full passage →

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good tidings of the kingdom of God, and with him the twelve, — read the full passage →

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. — read the full passage →

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreæ:

no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; — read the full passage →

But we will continue stedfastly in prayer, and in the ministry of the word.

Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

And now Jehovah show lovingkindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →

And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

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

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression:

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother’s house: Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church.

And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth, — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.

For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.