Bible Verses About Bishops

This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

New Testament statement about desiring the office of a bishop.

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

New Testament qualifications for a bishop.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

New Testament qualification for deacons.

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

New Testament qualification for deacons.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

New Testament greeting that names bishops and deacons.

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

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And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Acts passage about overseers feeding the church.

Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren:

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For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

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And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

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And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

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Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

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And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

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