Bible Verses About Overseers And Bishops

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

explicit overseer office language

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.

key Bible text for overseers

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

qualifications for overseer

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;

steward language for overseer

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;

shepherding language for overseers

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:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

ordination of elders in every 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:

selection by apostles and elders with the whole church

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

bishop should not domineer; supports humility theme

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

leaders over the church in the Lord

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

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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:

setting in order and appointing elders

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

leaders who watch over souls

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

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

passage for a bishopric being replaced

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

church care linked to household care