Under all circumstances, an elder’s teaching must be spiritually healthful, for the apostle Paul told the overseer Timothy: “There will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories.
(‏ ۱تیموتاؤس ۵ :‏ ۱۷‏ ،‏ ترجمهٔ هزارهٔ نو ؛‏ اَفَسُسیان ۵ :‏ ۲۳ ؛‏ عبرانیان ۶ :‏ ۱۰ -‏ ۱۲‏ )‏ تعالیم سرپرستان جماعت همیشه باید بناکننده و در جهت تقویت جماعت باشد .‏