1 Timothy 3:1

⁷For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

²⁸Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and^[+] God which he purchased with his own blood.

²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

^25[+] For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer^[+] of your souls.

¹⁹Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, ²⁰let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

¹⁵The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

¹¹This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

¹Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ,^[+] to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers^[+] and servants:

¹⁰Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

⁹This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.