Quotes About Leadership

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesusí sake.

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?

I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?

But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lordís brother.

Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.

The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.