21 Bible Verses about organization

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as prophets, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then people with power to cure the sick, helpers, managers, ecstatic speakers.

for God is not a God of disorder but of order, as it is in all the churches of God's people.

Everything must always be done in a proper and orderly way.

you do not take into account that it is for your own welfare that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should be destroyed."

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send to represent me, will teach you everything Himself, and cause you to remember everything that I have told you.

There is but one body and one Spirit, just as there is but one hope resulting from the call you have received;

Above everything else keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers up a multitude of sins.

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

But if Christ lives in you, although your bodies must die because of sin, your spirits are now enjoying life because of right standing with God.

I in union with them and you in union with me, so that they may be perfectly united, and the world may be sure that you sent me and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.

For though I am far away in person, still I am with you in spirit, and I am glad to note your fine order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

So let no one boast in men. For everything belongs to you --

Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and afterwards into the waste?

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and the heathen.

This is a saying to be trusted: "Whoever aspires to the office of pastor desires an excellent work."

so that the many phases of God's wisdom may now through the church be made known to the rulers and authorities in heaven,

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven."

nor is He served by human hands as though He were in need of anything, for He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.

And now I am no longer to be in the world, but they are to stay on in the world, while I am going to be with you. Holy Father, keep them by the power which you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.

This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is a dear child of mine and trustworthy in the Lord's work; he will call to your minds my methods in the work of Christ Jesus, just as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Now it was in those days that He went up on the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.