1 Thessalonians 5:12
We beg you, brothers, to practice showing respect to those who labor among you, who are your leaders in the Lord's work, and who advise you;
Hebrews 13:17
Continue to obey and to be submissive to your leaders, for they are ever watching in defense of your souls, as men who will have to give account of their trust. Treat them in this way, so that they may work with joy and not with grief.
1 Corinthians 16:16
I beg you to put yourselves under leaders like these, and under anyone who cooperates with you, and labors hard.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's unmerited favor I have become what I am, and His unmerited favor shown to me was not bestowed for nothing, for I have toiled more extensively than any of them, and yet it was not I but God's unmerited favor working with me.
1 Corinthians 16:18
Yes, they have cheered my spirit, and yours too. You must deeply appreciate such men.
Hebrews 13:7
You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.
Luke 10:7
Stay on at the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the workman deserves his support. Do not keep moving about from house to house.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We beg you, brothers, continue to warn the shirkers, to cheer the faint-hearted, to hold up the weak, and to be patient with everybody.
1 Timothy 5:1
Never reprove an older man, but always appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men like brothers,
1 Timothy 5:17-18
Elders who do their duties well should be considered as deserving twice the salary they get especially those who keep on toiling in preaching and teaching.
Titus 1:3
but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;
Revelation 1:20-1
The open secret of the seven stars that you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands, is this: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
Revelation 2:3
You are showing patient endurance, and you have borne it for my sake, and have not grown weary.
Revelation 2:8
"To the messenger of the church in Smyrna write: "'The First and the Last, who once was dead but came to life again, speaks as follows:
Revelation 2:12
"To the messenger of the church in Pergamum write: 'The One who is wielding the sharp, double-edged sword speaks as follows:
Revelation 2:18
"To the messenger of the church in Thyatira write: 'The Son of God, whose eyes are like coals of fire, and whose feet are like bronze refined to white heat, speaks as follows:
Revelation 3:1
"To the messenger of the church at Sardis write: 'The One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars speaks as follows: "I know what you are doing; you have the reputation of being alive, but in reality you are dead.
Revelation 3:7
"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The Holy and True One, who carries the keys of David, who opens and no one can shut, who shuts and no one can open, speaks as follows:
Revelation 3:14
"To the messenger of the church in Laodicea write: 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks as follows:
Matthew 9:37-38
Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce.
Luke 10:1-2
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on before Him, two by two, to every town or place which He was going to visit.
John 4:38
I have sent you to reap a harvest which you have not labored to make. Other men have labored, but you have reaped the results of their labors."
Acts 20:28
Take care of yourselves and of the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, so as to continue to be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.
Acts 20:35
In everything I showed you that by working hard like this we must help those who are weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It makes one happier to give than to get.'"
1 Corinthians 3:9
for we belong to God as His fellow-workers; you belong to God as His field to be tilled, as His building to be built.
1 Corinthians 12:28
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.
2 Corinthians 5:9
So whether I am at home or away from home, it is my constant ambition to please Him.
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.
Galatians 4:11
I am beginning to fear that I have bestowed my labors on you for nothing.
Philippians 2:16
to hold up the message of life. That will give me ground for boasting on the day of Christ, because neither my career nor my labor has been a failure.
Philippians 2:19
I hope, with the approval of the Lord Jesus, soon to send Timothy to you, so that I too may be cheered on getting the news about you.
Colossians 1:29
For this I am toiling and struggling by His active energy which is mightily working in me.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
You remember, brothers, our hard labor and toil. We kept up our habit of working night and day, in order not to be a burden to any of you when we preached to you.
1 Timothy 5:20
Those who are guilty reprove in public, so that others may be warned.
2 Timothy 2:6
The toiling farmer ought to be the first to share the crop.
Titus 1:5
I left you in Crete for this express purpose, to set in order the things that are lacking, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you --
Titus 2:15
You must continue teaching this, and continue exhorting and reproving people, with full authority. Let no one belittle you.
1 Peter 5:2-3
be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though you had to but of your own free will, not from the motive of personal profit but freely,