# First Hevetic Confession
Article 20 - Duties of Ministers
The supreme task of this function is to preach repentance and the remission of sins through Christ: to pray unceasingly for the people, to watch tirelessly with holy studies and the Word of God, and with the Word of God as the sword of the Spirit, and with all-powerful art to persecute and weaken Satan with internal hatred, to protect the healthy citizens of Christ. Also to admonish, rebuke, rebuke, and rebuke the wicked, and those who stray further from the church, that is, by the agreement and pious consent of the covenantal church of Christ, either to expel and expose them from the whole, or to make amends in some other convenient way for the time being5, until they come to their senses and are saved. For he has returned to the church as a sick citizen of Christ, if, with converted minds and studies (wherein all this discipline is concerned), he confesses his error, and requires sound discipline on the other side, and exhilarate all the pious with a new zeal for piety.

[Jeremiah 11](/get-passage/Jeremiah+11); [Ezekiel 34](/get-passage/Ezekiel+34); [Luke 24](/get-passage/Luke+24); [Acts 6](/get-passage/Acts+6); [Ephesians 6](/get-passage/Ephesians+6); [1 Corinthians 5](/get-passage/1+Corinthians+5); [2 Thessalonians 3](/get-passage/2+Thessalonians+3); [1 Timothy 4](/get-passage/1+Timothy+4); [2 Timothy 4](/get-passage/2+Timothy+4).