59 Bible Verses about Ministry

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord,

{I give thanks} to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing [me] into ministry,

revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

because the service of this ministry is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but also is overflowing through many [expressions of] thanksgiving to God.

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

So the twelve summoned the community of disciples [and] said, "It is not desirable [that] we neglect the word of God to serve tables.

Are they not all spirits engaged in special service, sent on assignment for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now,

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to depart to his own place."

Through the proven character of this service [they will] glorify God because of the submission of your confession to the gospel of Christ and the generosity of [your] participation toward them and toward everyone,

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

For if [there was] glory in the ministry of condemnation, by much more will the ministry of righteousness overflow with glory.

But you, be self-controlled in all [things], bear hardship patiently, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Luke alone is with me. Take along Mark [and] bring [him] with you, because he is useful to me for ministry.

Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, [and] those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

[We are] giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found [with it],

with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

{You have no} part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

and {those fifty years old} will return from the service of the work and will serve no longer.

But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,

But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.

But get up and stand on your feet, because for this [reason] I have appeared to you, to appoint you a servant and witness both [to the things] in which you saw me and [to the things] in which I will appear to you,

And all these [things] [are] from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

'I know your works, and your love, and faith, and service, and patient endurance--and your last works [are] greater than the first.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

for a great and effective door has opened for me, and [there are] many opponents.

If anyone speaks, [let it be] as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [let it be] as by the strength that God provides, so that in all [things] God will be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power {forever and ever}. Amen.

(for the one who was at work through Peter for [his] apostleship to the circumcision was at work also through me for the Gentiles),

And he said to me, "These [are] the houses for cooking, where [the ones] serving the temple shall cook the sacrifices of the people."

The saying [is] trustworthy: if anyone aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.

And tell Archippus, "Direct your attention to the ministry that you received in the Lord, in order that you may complete it."

not newly converted, lest he become conceited [and] fall into the condemnation of the devil.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.

Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

In the [same] way also the Lord ordered those who proclaim the gospel to live from the gospel.

And Moses got up, and Joshua, his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door of the message, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which also {I am a prisoner},

I spoke to the prophets; I myself multiplied revelations and through the hand of the prophets I will destroy.

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and steadfast and not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually},