Bible verses about "preachers" | Matthew

¹⁵ Beware of false Prophetes, whiche come to you in shepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues.

²² When they counted them selues wyse, they became foles,

¹⁵ And he sayed to them: Go ye into all the worlde, and preache the glad tydynges to all creatures,

¹³ For before God they are not ryghtuous whiche heare the lawe: but the doers of the lawe shalbe iustifyed.

¹⁵ Studye to shewe thy selfe laudable vnto God a workeman that nedeth not to be ashamed dyuydynge the worde of truste iustelye.

²¹ But thou whiche teachest not another, teacheste not thy selfe. Thou preachest, a man shoulde not steale, and yet thou stealest. ²² Thou sayst, a man shoulde not commyt aduoutrye: and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorreste ymages, and robeste God of hys honoure. ²³ Thou reioysest in the lawe and thorow breakynge the law, dishonourest God.

¹ Thys is a true saiyng. If a man couete the offyce of a byshop, he desyreth a good worke. ² Yea and a bishop muste be fautlesse the husband of one wyfe, sober discrete, hone style apparelled, harberous, apt to teache, ³ not dronken, no fyghter, not geuen to fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorrynge fyghtyng, abhorrynge couetousnes, ⁴ and one that ruleth hys owne house honestlye, hauing children vnder obedience, wyth all honestye. ⁵ For yf a man can not rule hys owne house, howe shall he care for the congregacion of God. ⁶ He maye not be a yong scholer, lest he swell and fall into the iudgement of the euyll speaker. ⁷ He muste also be well reported of amonge them whiche are wythout forth, lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the euyll speaker. ⁸ Lykewyse muste the Deacons be honest, not double tonged, not geuen vnto much drinkynge, neyther vnto fylthy lucre: ⁹ but hauing the mystery of the fayth in a pure conscience. ¹⁰ And let them fyrste be proued, and then lette them mynyster, yf they be founde fautlesse. ¹¹ Euen so muste theyr wyues be honeste, not euyll speakers, but sober and faythfull in all thynges. ¹² Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe, and suche as rule theyr chyldren well, and theyr owne housholdes. ¹³ For they that mynyster wel, get them selues good degree and greate lybertye in the faythe whiche is in Christ Iesu. ¹⁴ These thynges wryte I vnto the, trusting to come shortely vnto the: ¹⁵ but and yf I tarye longe, that then thou mayeste yet haue knowledge howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the housse of God, whiche is the congregacyon of the lyuynge God, the pyllar & ground of trueth. ¹⁶ And wythout naye greate is that mysterye of godlynes: God was shewed in the fleshe, was iustified in the spirite, was sene of aungels, was preached vnto the gentils, was beleued on in earth and receyued vp in glory.

¹⁷ The elders that rule well, are worthye of double honoure, most specyally they whiche laboure in the worde and in teachynge.