In the biblical narrative, leaders are called to serve with humility and integrity, putting the needs of others before their own. As seen in Luke 22:26, Jesus teaches that true greatness is found in serving, not being served. The letters to the Hebrews and Timothy emphasize the importance of respecting and following those who have devoted themselves to caring for the flock, as they keep watch over souls, according to Hebrews 13:17. Additionally, leaders are encouraged to set a good example, as Paul writes in 1 Timothy 4:12, and to consider others better than themselves, as Philippians 2:3 instructs.
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Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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.
It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
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.