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.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both you
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently lead
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospita
Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, all
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers a
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they wil
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blo
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastur
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in w
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of
Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those ever
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, an
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LOR
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail agai
Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who hav
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son c
This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is w
Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pri
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the she
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thu