Bible verses about "overseer" | Rotherham

¹ Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ,––unto all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministers:––

² It is needful, then, for, the overseer, to be irreproachable, a husband, of one wife, sober, of sound mind, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching,

⁶ If anyone is unaccusable, a husband of, one wife, having children that believe, who are not charged with riotous excess, nor insubordinate; ⁷ For it is needful that the overseer be––unaccusable, as God’s steward, not self–willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not ready to wound, not seeking gain by base means,

²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray, but have now turned back unto the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

²³ Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;

¹ Elders, therefore, among you, I exhort––[I] who am their co–elder and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also, in the glory about to be revealed, have, a share; –– ² Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you,––not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind,–– ³ Nor yet as lording it over the allotted portions, but becoming, ensamples, to the beloved flock; ⁴ And, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall bear away, the unfading crown of glory.

²⁸ Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers,––to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own.