1 Timothy 5:17
Let the Elders who perform their duties wisely and well be held worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in preaching and teaching.
Romans 12:8
The teacher must do the same in his teaching; and he who exhorts others, in his exhortation. He who gives should be liberal; he who is in authority should be energetic and alert; and he who succours the afflicted should do it cheerfully.
Luke 10:7
And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.
Philippians 2:29
Receive him therefore with heartfelt Christian joy, and hold in honour men like him;
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your former leaders--it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.
Matthew 9:37-38
Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;
Matthew 24:25
Remember, I have forewarned you.
Luke 10:1-2
After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.
Luke 12:42
"Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?
John 4:38
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
Acts 11:30
This they did, forwarding their contributions to the Elders by Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 20:35
In all things I have set you an example, showing you that, by working as I do, you ought to help the weak, and to bear in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, "'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Acts 28:10
They also loaded us with honours, and when at last we sailed they put supplies on board for us.
Romans 15:27
Yes, they have kindly done this, and, in fact, it was a debt they owed them. For seeing that the Gentiles have been admitted in to partnership with the Jews in their spiritual blessings, they in turn are under an obligation to render sacred service to the Jews in temporal things.
Romans 16:12
Greetings to those Christian workers, Tryphaena and Tryphosa; also to dear Persis, who has laboured strenuously in the Lord's work.
1 Corinthians 3:9
Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *God's* building.
1 Corinthians 9:5-14
Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?
1 Corinthians 15:10
But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.
1 Corinthians 16:16
I beseech you, on your part, to show deference to such men, and to every one who participates in their work and toils hard.
2 Corinthians 6:1
And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose.
Galatians 6:6
But let those who receive instruction in Christian truth share with their instructors all temporal blessings.
Philippians 2:16
holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.
Philippians 4:3
Yes, and I beg you also, my faithful yoke-fellow, to help these women who have shared my toil in connection with the Good News, together with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose names are recorded in the Book of Life.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
Now we beg you, brethren, to show respect for those who labour among you and are your leaders in Christian work, and are your advisers;
1 Timothy 3:5
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
1 Timothy 4:6
If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
1 Timothy 4:10
and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.
1 Timothy 4:16
Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
1 Timothy 5:3
Honour widows who are really in need.
2 Timothy 2:6
The harvestman who labours in the field must be the first to get a share of the crop.
2 Timothy 4:2
proclaim God's message, be zealous in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with the utmost patience as a teacher.
Hebrews 13:24
Greet all your leaders and all God's people. The brethren from Italy send you greetings.