Bible verses about "leadership" | Great

⁵ Put thy trust in God with all thyne herte: and leane not vnto thyne awne witte. ⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges. ⁷ Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell: ⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge. ⁹ Honoure the Lord wt thy substaunce: and with thy firstlinges of all thyne encrease ¹⁰ so shall thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse: and thy presses shall flowe ouer with swete wyne.

⁴² But Iesus whan he had called them to hym, sayd vnto them: ye knowe, that they whych are sene to beare rule amonge the people, raygne as Lordes ouer them. ⁴³ And they that be greate amonge them, exercyse auctoryte vpon them. Neuertheles, so shall it not be amonge you: but whosoeuer of you wylbe greate amonge you, shalbe youre mynister. ⁴⁴ And whosoeuer wylbe chefe, shalbe seruaunt of all. ⁴⁵ For the sonne of man also came not to be mynystred vnto: but to mynister, and to geue hys lyfe for the redempcyon of many.

¹¹ I am the good shepeherd. A good shepherde geueth hys lyfe for the shepe.

¹² For as the body is one, and hath many membres, and all the membres of one body though they be many, yet are but one bodye, euen so is Christ.

¹³ I can do all thinges thorowe Christ which strengtheneth me.

⁹ Let vs not be wery of well doinge. For when the tyme is come, we shall reape without werynesse.

³ not as though ye were lordes ouer the parisshes: but that ye be an ensample to the flock

² and in the thynges that thou hast hearde of me by many wytnesses. The same commytte thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apte to teach other also.

¹⁷ Obeye them that haue the ouer syght of you, & submyt your selues vnto them, for they watch for your soules, euen as they that must geue acomptes: that they maye do it with ioye, & not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thyng for you.

²¹ Morouer thou shalt seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes: and make them heedes ouer the people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye and ouer ten.

¹ Wo be vnto the shepherdes, that destroye, and scatre my flocke, sayeth the Lorde.

¹² So after he had wasshed their fete, and receaued hys clothes, and was sett downe, he sayde vnto them agayne: wote ye what I haue done to you? ¹³ Ye call me master and Lorde, and ye saye well, for so am I. ¹⁴ If I then youre lorde and master haue wasshed youre fete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers fete. ¹⁵ For I haue geuen you an ensample that ye shulde do, as I haue done to you.

²⁴ And ther was a stryfe amonge them, whych of them shuld seme to be the greatest. ²⁵ And he sayde vnto them: the kynges of nacyons raygne ouer them: and they that haue auctoryte vpon them, are called gracious lordes. ²⁶ But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest amonge you, shalbe as the younger: and he that is chefe, shalbe as he that doth mynister. ²⁷ For whether is greater, he that sytteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sytteth at meate? But I am amonge you, as he that mynistreth.

⁹ Let loue be without dissimulacion Hate that which is euyll & cleaue vnto that which is good. ¹⁰ Be kynd one to another wich brotherly loue. In geuynge honoure, go one before another. ¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynes which ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues to the tyme. ¹² Reioyce in hope. Be pacient in tribulacion. Continue in prayer. ¹³ Distribute vnto the necessite of the sayntes: be readie to harboure.

¹ This is a true sayinge: If a man desyer the offyce of a Bysshoppe, he desyreth an honest worke. ² A Bisshoppe therfore must be blameles, the husbande of one wyfe, dilygent, sober, discrete, a keper of hospitalite: apte to teach: ³ not geuen to ouer moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredy of fylthye lucre. but gentle, abhorryng fyghtynge, abhorrynge coueteousnes, ⁴ one that ruleth well his awne house, one that hath chyldren in subieccyon with all reuerence. ⁵ For yf a man cannot rule his awne house, howe shall he care for the congregacyon of God? ⁶ He maye not be a yonge scoler, lest he swell and fall into the iudgement of the euyll speaker. ⁷ He must also haue a good reporte of them whych are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and snare of the euyll speaker.

²⁵ But Iesus called them vnto him, & sayde: ye knowe that the princes of the nacions haue dominion ouer them. And they that are great men, exercyse auctorite vpon them. ²⁶ It shall not be so amonge you. But whosoeuer wyll be greate amonge you, let him be youre minister: ²⁷ and whoso will be chefe amonge you, let him be youre seruaunt: ²⁸ euen as the sonne of man cam, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, & to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many.

³ that nothinge be done thorowe stryfe or of vayne glory, but in mekenes of mynde, let euery man esteme another better then hym selfe.

¹² Let no man despyse thy youth but be vnto them that beleue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersacyon, in loue, in sprete, in fayth, in purenes.