1 Thessalonians 5:12

¹⁷Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

⁷Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

¹⁷Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching. ¹⁸For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.”And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

¹⁸For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

¹⁶that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

¹⁰But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

³but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

¹⁴We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

⁹For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.

²⁸God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.