Bible verses about "pastor" | WPNT

⁸ “But you (pl.), do not be called ‘Rabbi’; because your Teacher is one, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

¹⁵ Make every effort to render yourself approved by God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, handling the Word of the Truth correctly.

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who must give account, so that they may do it with joy and not sighing (which would be unprofitable for you).

¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

²⁸ So take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God which He purchased with His own blood.

¹ Here is a trustworthy word: if a man aspires to the position of overseer, he desires a good work. ² Now then, it is obligatory for the overseer to be above reproach, a one woman man, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching, ³ not a drinker, not a bully, not corrupt [financially], but gentle, peaceful, not greedy; ⁴ one who rules his own house well, having children who obey him with due respect ⁵ (for if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how can he take care of God’s congregation?); ⁶ not a recent convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same judgment that the devil did. ⁷ Also, it is necessary for him to have a good reputation with those who are outside the congregation, so as not to fall into reproach and the devil’s snare.