1 Timothy 3:13
For they who discharge the office of a deacon with propriety, acquire to themselves a respectable station [in the church], and great boldness in the faith which is in Jesus Christ.
Matthew 25:21
His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many: enter into the joy of thy master.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be waited upon, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Luke 16:10-12
He that is faithful in the least thing, is faithful also in much: and he who is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.
Luke 19:17
And he said unto him, Well done, good servant: because thou hast been faithful in the least matter, hold thou dominion over ten cities.
Acts 6:5
And this saying was very agreeable to all the multitude: and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas a proselyte a man of Antioch:
Acts 6:8
Now Stephen, full of faith and of power, wrought great miracles and signs among the people.
Acts 6:15-53
And fixing their eyes upon him, all who sat in the sanhedrim, beheld his face as the face of an angel.
Acts 21:35
But when he was on the stairs, it happened that he was borne up by the soldiers, because of the press of the crowd.
Romans 12:7-8
or if the deacon's office, be active in the service; or he that teacheth, in teaching;
1 Corinthians 16:15
Now I exhort you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints:)
Philippians 1:14
and very many of our brethren in the Lord, assuming confidence from my chains, are more abundantly bold, fearlessly to preach the word.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.
2 Timothy 2:1
THOU therefore, my son, be mighty in the grace which is in Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the saints, and still ministering.
1 Peter 4:10-11
Let every one, according as he hath received a gift, minister it to others, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.