Answer: They that are called to labor in the ministry of the Word, are to preach sound doctrine₁, diligently₂, in season and out of season₃; plainly₄, not in the enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power₅; faithfully₆, making known the whole counsel of God₇; wisely₈, applying themselves to the necessities and capacities of the hearers₉; zealously₁₀, with fervent love to God₁₁ and the souls of his people₁₂; sincerely₁₃, aiming at his glory₁₄, and their conversion₁₅, edification₁₆, and salvation.₁₇

1. Tit 2:1, 8;
2. Acts 18:25;
3. 2 Tim 4:2;
4. 1 Cor 14:19;
5. 1 Cor 2:4;
6. Jer 23:28; 1 Cor 4:1–2;
7. Acts 20:27;
8. Col 1:28; 2 Tim 2:15;
9. 1 Cor 3:2; Heb 5:12–14; Lk 12:42;
10. Acts 18:25;
11. 2 Cor 5:13–14; Phil 1:15–17;
12. Col 4:12; 2 Cor 12:15;
13. 2 Cor 2:17; 4:2;
14. 1 Th 2:4–6; Jn 7:18;
15. 1 Cor 9:19–22;
16. 2 Cor 12:19; Eph 4:12;
17. 1 Tim 4:16; Acts 26:16–18