Church Leadership
10 passages
- Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Read it in context - Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read it in context - Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Read it in context - Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Read it in context - Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Read it in context - Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Read it in context - Psalm 78:72
So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 5:17
Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
Read it in context - John 3:30
He must increase; I must decrease.
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