1 Corinthians 3:5

Divisiveness And Immaturity

⁴ while one cries I am Paul's disciple, and another, I am Apollo's, are ye not vicious? ⁵ who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye have received faith according to the divine gifts imparted to each of them? ⁶ I have planted, Apollos watered: but God gave the increase.

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2 Corinthians 6:4

but in all things I approve myself as the minister of God, by great constancy in afflictions, in torments, in distresses, from stripes,

1 Corinthians 3:10

according to the free gift of God bestowed upon me, I, as a skilful architect, have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. but let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also hath enabled me to be a minister of the new covenant, not of the literal sense, but of the spiritual meaning: it is the letter that denounces death, but the spirit gives life.

Matthew 25:15

to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his respective ability, and then set out on his journey.

Luke 1:2

according as they were delivered to us by persons, who were all along eye-witnesses, and had a share in the transactions themselves:

John 3:27

but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.

Romans 10:14-15

But how, say you, shall they call on him on whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?

Romans 12:3-6

Now it is by virtue of my apostolical commission, that I charge every man among you, not to entertain too high an opinion of himself; but modestly consider, that 'tis God who has dealt to every man his proportion of spiritual gifts.

1 Corinthians 3:7

so then, neither is he that planted any thing, nor he that watered: it is God only that gives the increase.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Let men consider us, as the ministers of Christ, who dispense the divine mysteries.

1 Corinthians 9:17

now if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, it is a dispensation of trust which must be discharged.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Now there are different gifts, but the same spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:28

which God has placed in the church, first apostles, next prophets, then teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, assistants, governours, interpreters of languages.

2 Corinthians 3:3

which shows you to be the epistle of Christ, written by my ministration, not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on living tables of the heart.

2 Corinthians 4:5

for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.

2 Corinthians 4:7

but this treasure is lodg'd in such earthen vessels as we are, that the exceeding efficacy of it may appear to be from God, and not from us.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Invested then with such a commission, I beseech you let not the offers of divine favour be made to you in vain.

2 Corinthians 11:23

so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.

Ephesians 3:7

of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:

Colossians 1:25

of which I have been established a minister, according to the charge which God has given me to preach his gospel faithfully among you. ---

1 Peter 4:10

as good economists of the different dispensations of God, communicate to one another the gifts you have receiv'd.