leadership

¹²Let no one despise your youth, but be an example among the faithful in word, in behavior, in charity, in faith, in chastity.

³Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.

²¹Then provide, from all of the people, men capable and fearing God, in whom there is truth and who hate avarice, and appoint from them tribunes, and leaders of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens,

²⁵But Jesus called them to himself and said: “You know that the first ones among the Gentiles are their rulers, and that those who are greater exercise power among them. ²⁶It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister. ²⁷And whoever will want to be first among you, he shall be your servant, ²⁸even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”

¹It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work. ²Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher, ³not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous; ⁴but a man who leads his own house well, having children who are subordinate with all chastity. ⁵For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God? ⁶He must not be a new convert, lest, being elated by pride, he may fall under the sentence of the devil.

¹⁴Where there is no governor, the people shall fall. But where there is much counsel, well-being shall be.

⁹And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

⁹Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good, ¹⁰loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor: ¹¹in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord; ¹²in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing; ¹³in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.

¹⁷Obey your leaders and be subject to them. For they watch over you, as if to render an account of your souls. So then, may they do this with joy, and not with grief. Otherwise, it would not be as helpful to you.

²⁶It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.

¹“Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.

⁴²But Jesus, calling them, said to them: “You know that those who seem to be leaders among the Gentiles dominate them, and their leaders exercise authority over them. ⁴³But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, whoever would become greater shall be your minister; ⁴⁴and whoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all. ⁴⁵So, too, the Son of man has not come so that they would minister to him, but so that he would minister and would give his life as a redemption for many.”

¹²And so, after he washed their feet and received his vestments, when he had sat down at table again, he said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³You call me Teacher and Lord, and you speak well: for so I am. ¹⁴Therefore, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another. ¹⁵For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.

²⁴Now there was also a contention among them, as to which of them seemed to be the greater. ²⁵And he said to them: “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them; and those who hold authority over them are called beneficent. ²⁶But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server. ²⁷For who is greater: he who sits at table, or he who serves? Is not he who sits at table? Yet I am in your midst as one who serves.

³not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.

⁴Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.