42 Bible Verses about Apostles, Function In Early Church

Therefore the men having come together with us all the time in which the Lord Jesus came in unto us and went out, beginning from the baptism of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us, it behooveth one of these to be witness of His resurrection along with us.

This Jesus God raised up, whose witnesses we are.

and you slew the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, whose witnesses we are.

And with great power the apostles continued to give witness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord; and great grace was upon them all.

who appeared to those coming up with him to Jerusalem from Galilee many days, who are now his witnesses to the people.

Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

Simon Peter, the servant of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those receiving like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,

So let a man consider us, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

For indeed he was crucified from weakness, but he lives by the power of God: for we indeed are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God unto you.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

I robbed other churches, having received support for your ministry, and being present with you and being destitute, I burdened no one;

Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you: shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully. Not as domineering over the heritages, but having become examples of the flock:

having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,

and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God, which He proclaimed beforehand through His prophets in the holy scriptures, concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;read more.
having been ordained the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, from the resurrection of the dead, of Jesus Christ our Lord: through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, in behalf of his name:

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in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem, and around about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; but being so ambitious not to preach the gospel, where Christ has been named, in order that I may not build on another man's foundation;

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with the wisdom of speech, in order that the cross of Christ may not be made of none effect.

When the one having separated me, from the womb of my mother, and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

But when He, the Spirit of truth, may come, He will guide you in all truth: for He will not speak from Himself; but so many things as He hears, He will speak: and will proclaim to you the things which are coming. He will glorify me: because He will receive from mine, and proclaim them unto you. And all things whatsoever the Father has are mine: therefore I said, that He takes from mine, and will proclaim them to you.

And all day in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables.

Then therefore, brethren, stand, and hold fast the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle:

unto which I have been placed a herald, and an apostle, and teacher:

Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen the Lord Jesus? are you not my work in the Lord? If I am not an apostle to others, but I am to you at least: for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one. I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

And the twelve calling to them the multitude of the disciples, said, It is not pleasing that we, leaving the word of God, serve tables. But brethren, look out seven men from you of good report, full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint over this interest; and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.read more.
And the word was pleasing before all the multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, the Antiochian proselyte, whom they placed before the apostles, and having prayed, they placed their hands on them.

unto which I have been placed a herald, and an apostle, and teacher: on account of which cause I indeed suffer these things: but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to stand guard over that which is committed unto me unto that day.

and laid hands on the apostles, and placed them in the public prison.

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles the last, as exposed to death: that we may become a theater to the world, and to angels, and to men.

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often; from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one, thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a day and a night I spent in the deep.read more.
Often in journeys, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in labor and in toil, in vigils often, in hunger and in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness. Besides all these, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I do not burn?

Then Peter being full of the Holy Spirit said to them, Ye rulers of the people and elders,

And saying this, He breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.

But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost having come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and into the extremity of the earth.

and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

But the apostles in Jerusalem, having heard that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John: who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost. For he had not yet fallen on any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.read more.
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. But Simon seeing that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, offered them money, saying,

and Paul having laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they continued to speak with tongues, and prophesy.