Bible Verses about “protecting the church”

“The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;”

“(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)”

“Take 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.”

“one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;”

“not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;”

“This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.”

“not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.”

“Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.”

“Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;”

“Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.”

“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”

“holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.”

“For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”

“but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.”

“These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;”

“Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.”

“I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."”

“But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.”

“Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."”

“Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.”

“He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"”

“I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.”