45 Bible Verses about Fellowship, In Christian Service
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And having known the grace given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, seeming to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hands of communion; that we for the nations, and they for the circumcision.
And after these the Lord showed forth other seventy, and sent them together two and two before his face into every city and place, where he was about to come. Then said he to them, Truly the harvest much, and the laborers few: implore therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
For your mutual participation in the good news from the first day until now;
And thence they sailed away to Antioch, thence were they delivered by the grace of God to the work which they completed.
But ye did well, participating together in my pressure. And ye also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news, when I went out from Macedonia, no church participated with me in the word of donation and accepting, except ye alone. For also in Thessalonica, and once, and twice, ye sent to my necessity.
And they serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me Barnabas and Saul to the work which I have called them. Then having fasted and prayed, and put hands upon them, they let go.
And Paul, having chosen Silas, went forth, having been delivered to the grace of God by the brethren.
And being present with you, and having wanted, I acted not with negligence to any: (for the brethren having come from Macedonia filled up still more my want:) and I kept myself in every thing not burdensome to you, and I will keep.
And recall to mind the former days, in which, having been enlightened, ye endured a great combat of sufferings; This, truly, being exposed to public view both by reproaches and pressures; and this, having been partakers of those thus overturned. For ye also suffered together with me in bonds, and received the pillage of your possessions with joy, knowing to have in yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.
And our hope firm for you, knowing, that as ye are participators of the sufferings, so also of the comfort.
Only live as citizens worthy of the good news of Christ: that whether coming and seeing you, whether being absent, I shall bear the things concerning you, that ye stand in one spirit, one soul, fighting together in faith of the good news; And terrified in nothing by them being hostile to you: which to them is truly an indication of destruction, and to you of salvation, and this from God. For upon you was it conferred as a favor for Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him;read more.
Having the same struggle which ye saw in me, and now hear in me.
Having chosen rather to be treated ill with the people of God, than to have the enjoyment of sin for a time;
And I also ask thee, worthy yoke-fellow, aid those women who fought in company with me in the good news, and with Clement, and the rest of my co-workers, whose names in the book of life.
And having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it was for a whole year they were assembled together in the churches, and taught a sufficient crowd. And the disciples were Christians by divine intimation first in Antioch. In these days came down prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them having risen, Agabus by name, signified by the Holy Spirit a great famine was about to be upon the whole habitable globe: which was during Claudius Caesar.read more.
And certain of the disciples, as he was able, determined, each of them, to send for service to the brethren dwelling in Judea: Which also they did, having sent to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
And the Jews having gone out of the synagogue, the nations besought to have these words spoken in the sabbath between. And the synagogue having been dissolved, many of the Jews and strangers worshipping, followed Paul and Barnabas: who speaking to them, persuaded them to remain in the grace of God. And the next sabbath nearly all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.read more.
And the Jews, having seen the crowds, were filled with envy, and spake against the things said by Paul, contradicting and defaming. And Paul and Barnabas speaking freely, said, To you was it first necessary for the word of God to be spoken: but since ye reject it, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations. For so has the Lord commanded us, I have set thee for a light of the nations, for thee to be for salvation even to the last of the earth. And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life. And the word of the Lord was conveyed through the whole country. And the Jews urged on the worshipping and distinguished women, and the first men of the city, and they raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they cast them out of their bounds,
And it was in Iconium according to the same, went they into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude of the Jews and also of Greeks believed. And the unbelieving Jews excited and trained up the souls of the nations against the brethren. Therefore truly they remained a sufficient time speaking freely in the Lord, he testifying to the word of his grace, and giving signs and wonders to be done by their hands.read more.
And the multitude of the city was divided: and some truly were with the Jews, and some with the sent. And when there was a violent effort of the nations, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to be insolent, and to stone them, Being conscious, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the country round about: And there they were announcing the good news. And a certain man in Lystra, not having strength in the feet, sat, being lame from his mother's belly, who had never walked: He having heard Paul speaking, who having looked intently upon him, and seen that he has faith to be cured, Said with a great voice, Stand up upon thy feet upright.:And he leaped and walked. And the crowds having seen what Paul did, lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, Gods likened to men came down to us. And truly they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercury, since he was leader of the word. And Jupiter's priest, being before their city, having brought bulls and crowns to the gates, wished to sacrifice with the crowd. And Barnabas and Paul, the sent, having heard, having rent their garments, rushed in among the crowd, crying out, And saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of similar passions with you, announcing good news to turn you back from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and sea, and all in them: Who in past generations suffered all nations to go in their ways. And surely indeed he left not himself without witness, doing good, having given us rain from heaven, and fruitful times, filling our hearts with food and gladness. And saying these, they scarcely hindered the crowds, not to sacrifice to them. And Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, and stoned Paul, drew out of the city, supposing him to be dead. And the disciples having surrounded him, having risen, he came into the city: and the morrow he came out with Barnabas to Derbe. And having announced that city the good news, and made disciples sufficient, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, And supporting the souls of the disciples, beseeching to remain in the faith, that through many pressures we must come into the kingdom of God. And having chosen them elders in the church, having prayed with fasting, they set them before the Lord, in whom they had believed.
Then it seemed fitting to the sent and the elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren: Having written by their hand thus; The sent and elders and brethren to the brethren in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia from the nations, health: Since we heard that certain of us having come out have troubled you with words, destroying your souls, saying, To be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we sent no word:read more.
It seemed fitting to us, having been unanimous, to send to you chosen men with our dearly beloved Barnabas and Paul, Men having delivered up their souls for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore have we sent Judas and Silas, and these by the word announcing these things. For it seemed fitting to the Holy Spirit, and to us, for no more burden to be put upon you but the necessities of these; To keep off from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and strangulation, and harlotry: from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
Timotheus my helper, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, embrace you.
Whether for Titus, my companion and co-worker to you: or our brethren, the sent of the churches, the glory of Christ.
And I thought necessary Epaphroditus, my brother, and cooperator, and fellow soldier, and your sent, and workman of my necessity, be sent to you.
For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, is one body: so also is Christ.
And there are distinctions of favors, and the same Spirit. And there are distinctions of services, and the same Lord. And there are distinctions of performances, and it is the same God performing all things in all.
For as in one body we have many members, and all members have not the same action: So we, the many, are one body in Christ, and the members for one another. And having gifts different according to the grace given us, whether prophecy, according to the due proportion of faith;read more.
Whether service, in service: whether he teaching, in instruction; Whether he beseeching, in supplication: he imparting, in simplicity; he placed before, in earnestness; he compassionating, in cheerfulness.
For also the body is not one member, but many. If the foot say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the body And if the ear say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; by this is it not of the bodyread more.
If the whole body an eye, where the hearing If the whole hearing, where the smelling? And now has God set the members each one of them in the body, as he would. And if all were one member, where the body And now truly many members, and one body.
As each received favor, serving the same among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. But much rather the members of the body, seeming to be weak, are necessary: And what we think to be less honourable of the body, upon these we put more abundant honour; and our unseemly parts have more abundant decorum.read more.
And our becoming parts have no need: but God blended the body together, to the wanting having given more abundant honour: That no division be in the body; but the members should care the same for one another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer together; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice together.
But on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with the good news of uncircumcision, as Peter of circumcision; (For be having been energetic in Peter for the mission of circumcision, was energetic also in me for the nations:)
And ye are the body of Christ, and members by parts. And whom truly God set in the church, first the sent, second the prophets, third teachers, then powers, then graces of healings, helps, directions, kinds of tongues. Not all sent: not all prophets: not all teachers: not all powers:read more.
All have not the favors of healing: not all speaking with tongues: not all interpret accurately. And be emulous of the better favors: and yet I shew you a way according to eminence.
And I beseech you brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and they arranged themselves for service to the holy ones,) That also ye be subjected to such, and to every one cooperating, and to the wearied. And I rejoice at the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and : that they have filled up your necessity.read more.
For they refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore observe ye such.
And the longsuffering of our Lord deem ye salvation; as also our dearly beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you; As also in all the epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also the rest of the writings, to their own perdition.
And it will be from that day the half of my young men doing in the work, and half of them holding fast and the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the chiefs behind every house of Judah. They building upon the wall, and they bearing in the burden, they loading with one of his hands doing in the work, and one holding fast the weapon. And the builders, a man his sword being girded upon his loins, and building. And he striking upon the trumpet near me.read more.
And saying to the nobles and to the prefects and to the rest of the people, The work much and broad, and we being scattered upon the wall, far off a man from his brother. In the place which ye shall hear the voice of the trumpet there ye shall gather together to us; our God shall war for us. And we doing in the work: and half of them holding fast upon the spears from the ascending of the dawn even till the coming forth of the stars. Also in that time I said to the people, A man and his youth shall lodge in the midst of Jerusalem; and they were watching for us in the night, and work in the day.
Who then is Paul, and who Apollos, but servants by whom ye believed, and to each as the Lord gave? I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased. So that neither he planting is anything, neither he watering; but God increasing.read more.
And he planting and he watering are one: and each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
And speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and teach you what ye shall do. And he the word for thee to the people: and being, he shall be to thee for a mouth, and thou shalt be to him for God.
And Joshua will do as Moses said to him to wage war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the head of the hill. And it was as Moses will lift up his hand, Israel prevailed: and as he will put down his hand and Amalek prevailed. And the hands of Moses were heavy; and they will take a stone and put under him, and he will sit upon it: and Aaron and Hur took hold upon his hands, one from here, and one from there; and his hands will be in firmness till the sun went forth.read more.
And Joshua will overthrow Amalek and his people with the mouth of the sword.
For truly to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; And to another faith in the same Spirit; and to another graces of healings in the same Spirit; And to another performances of powers; and to another discriminations of spirits; and to another kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues:read more.
And all these works one and the same Spirit, dividing to each his own things as be will.
And I shall command you in that time, saying, Jehovah your God gave to you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, the sons of Israel, all sons of strength. Only your wives and your little ones and your cattle (I knew that much cattle to you) they shall dwell in your cities which I gave to you, Till when Jehovah shall cause your brethren to rest as you, and they also shall possess the land which Jehovah, your God, gave to them on the other side of Jordan: and ye turned back each to his possession which I gave to you.
And they will be gathered together every man of Israel against the city, associated as one man.
And in the second year to their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedek, and the remainder of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem; and they will cause the Levites to stand up, from the son of twenty years and above, to superintend over the works of the house of Jehovah. And Joshua will stand, his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, as one, to superintend over the doing of the work in the house of God: the sons of Henadad their sons, and their brethren the Levites. And those building will lay the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, and they will cause the priests to stand, being clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah according to the hands of David king of Israel.
And we shall build the wall; and all the wall will be completed even to its half: and a heart will be to the people to work.
And they nodded to partners, those in the other ship, that having come they should succor them. And they came and filled both ships, so that they were sinking. And Simon Peter fell upon his knees before Jesus, saying, Go out from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For amazement held him, and all those with him, at the fishing of the fishes which they took:read more.
And likewise also James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now thou shalt be capturing men.
