Taking Care of the Pastor

Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

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.

But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. …

Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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 have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.