Bible verses about "pastor" | Moffatt

⁸ But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;

¹⁵ Do your utmost to let God see that you at least are a sound workman, with no need to be ashamed of the way you handle the word of the Truth.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief — which would be a loss to yourselves.

¹¹ he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you guardians; shepherd the church of the Lord which he has purchased with his own blood.

¹ It is a popular saying that "whoever aspires to office is set upon an excellent occupation." ² Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher, ³ not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money, ⁴ able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful ⁵ (if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?); ⁶ he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil; ⁷ also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.