Colossians 1:25
for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message ??26 of that open secret which, though concealed from ages and generations of old, has now been disclosed to the saints of God.
Romans 15:15-19
Still, by way of refreshing your memory, I have written you with a certain freedom, in virtue of my divine commission
Galatians 2:7-8
On the contrary, when they saw I had been entrusted with the gospel for the benefit of the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been for the circumcised
1 Thessalonians 3:2
I sent Timotheus our brother, a minister of God in the gospel of Christ, for your strengthening and encouragement in the faith,
1 Timothy 4:6
Lay this before the brotherhood, and you will be an excellent minister of Christ Jesus, brought up on the truths of the faith and on the lessons of the good doctrine you have already followed.
2 Timothy 4:2-5
I adjure you to preach the word; keep at it in season and out of season, refuting, checking, and exhorting men; never lose patience with them, and never give up your teaching,
1 Corinthians 9:17
I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust.