Service Leaders

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.

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

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

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

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.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

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

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.

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; — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

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.

For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

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 →

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

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.

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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

if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

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

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

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

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

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.

And certain men came down from Judæa and taught the brethren, saying, Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

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.

Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. — read the full passage →

He must increase, but I must decrease.

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 →

But ye shall not be so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

And Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds: — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.

Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: