Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
Ministers
Bible References
Ministers
1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for much, but God is everything in keeping the plants growing.
1 Corinthians 4:1
As for us apostles, men ought to think of us as ministers of Christ and trustees to handle God's uncovered truths.
Luke 1:2
just as the original eyewitnesses who became ministers of the message
Romans 10:14
But how can people call upon One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in One about whom they have not heard? And how can people hear without someone to preach to them?
2 Corinthians 3:6
He has qualified even me as a minister of the new covenant, which is not a written but a spiritual covenant. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:5
For I am not proclaiming myself but Christ Jesus as Lord, and myself a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 6:1
As God's fellow-worker I beg you too not to accept God's favor and throw it away.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.
Even
1 Corinthians 3:10
As a skilled architect, in accordance with God's unmerited favor given to me, I laid a foundation, and now another is building upon it. But every builder must be careful how he builds upon it;
1 Corinthians 9:17
For if I do it of my own accord, I get my pay; but if I am unwilling to do it, I still am entrusted with trusteeship.
1 Corinthians 12:4
There are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same in all;
Matthew 25:15
He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey.
John 3:27
John answered, "A man cannot get anything, unless it is given to him from heaven.
Romans 12:3
Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.
1 Peter 4:10
As all of you have received your spiritual talents, you must keep on using them in serving one another, as good trustees of God's many-sided favor.