59 Bible Verses about Ministry

For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

I give praise to him who gave me power, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he took me to be true, making me his servant,

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.

Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.

For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and take him with you; for he is of use to me in the work.

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

Of which I was made a preacher, through that grace of God which was given to me in the measure of the working of his power.

Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God.

But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;

For if the operation of the law, giving death, recorded in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the eyes of the children of Israel had to be turned away from the face of Moses because of its glory, a glory which was only for a time:

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

(Because he who was working in Peter as the Apostle of the circumcision was working no less in me among the Gentiles);

And he said to me, These are the boiling-rooms, where the offering of the people is cooked by the servants of the house.

This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.