1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
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1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
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1 Peter 5:1
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.
Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
1 Peter 5:5
And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
1 Corinthians 9:7
Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?
1 Timothy 5:17
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;
Hebrews 13:7
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:
1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy 4:16
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
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1 Peter 5:4
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
Jeremiah 23:4
And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
1 Peter 2:25
Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
Psalms 78:71
From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.
Psalms 78:72
So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.
Ezekiel 34:2
Son of man, be a prophet against the keepers of the flock of Israel, and say to them, O keepers of the sheep! this is the word of the Lord: A curse is on the keepers of the flock of Israel who take the food for themselves! is it not right for the keepers to give the food to the sheep?
Ezekiel 34:3
You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not made the diseased ones strong or made well that which was ill; you have not put bands on the broken or got back that which had been sent away or made search for the wandering ones; and the strong you have been ruling cruelly.
Micah 7:14
Keep your people safe with your rod, the flock of your heritage, living by themselves in the woods in the middle of Carmel: let them get their food in Bashan and Gilead as in the past.
Ezekiel 34:31
And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.
Micah 5:4
And he will take his place and give food to his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.
John 10:11
I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
Matthew 2:6
You Beth-lehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the chiefs of Judah: out of you will come a ruler, who will be the keeper of my people Israel.
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Acts 20:33
I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
Titus 1:11
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
Jeremiah 6:13
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
Jeremiah 8:10
So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.
Ezekiel 13:19
And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
Philippians 2:21
For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
2 Peter 2:15
Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
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Romans 12:6
And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
Romans 12:7
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
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1 Corinthians 9:17
But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.
Philemon 1:14
But without your approval I would do nothing; so that your good works might not be forced, but done freely from your heart.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
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1 Timothy 6:11
But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Matthew 20:26
Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
Luke 22:26
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,
2 Timothy 2:24
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
2 Timothy 4:5
But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
Titus 3:1
Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,
1 Peter 3:15
But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
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Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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2 Timothy 4:7
I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
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