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Thematic Bible: Missionary-work by ministers


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Romans 16:1-2
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae. So you should welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever matter she may require your help. For indeed she has been a benefactor of many-and of me also.

2 Corinthians 11:9
When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofFellowship, In Christian ServiceLackMissionary WorkPeople ProvidingShortages

3 John 1:5-8
Dear friend, you are showing your faith by whatever you do for the brothers, and this [you are doing] for strangers; they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God, since they set out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from pagans. read more.
Therefore, we ought to support such men, so that we can be co-workers with the truth.

Mark 16:15
Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. Verse ConceptsBattlesBaptism Of The Holy SpiritApostles, During Jesus Earthly Ministryevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofCommunicationGospel, Descriptions OfMissionaries, Call OfMission, Of The ChurchNewsPeople Of God, In NtPreaching, Importance OfResponsibility, For God's WorldClergyPastorsMissionary WorkCivilizationMissionsGo And PreachApostles, Commission OfThe Gospel To The NationsThe Gospel WorldwideAmericaThe End Of The WorldEvangelismSpreading The Gospelpreachingevangelising

Isaiah 11:9
None will harm or destroy another
on My entire holy mountain,
for the land will be as full
of the knowledge of the Lord
as the sea is filled with water. Verse ConceptsEarth, Promises AboutCovering The EarthMission, Of IsraelSeaMillennial KingdomBeing Filled With GodThings Like The SeaThe Earth Filled With GodSea, Metaphorical ReferencesMillennial Kingdom, Earth Filled With Knowledge Of God

Revelation 14:6
Then I saw another angel flying high overhead, having the eternal gospel to announce to the inhabitants of the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people. Verse ConceptsGentiles, In Ntevangelists, identity ofGospel, Descriptions OfHeraldLanguagesNationalismEternal DeliveranceAll LanguagesAngels Doing God's WorkThe Gospel To The NationsThose FlyingEverlastingEvangelismSpreading The Gospelflyingevangelizingevangelising

Exodus 3:11
But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Verse ConceptsExcusesdoubtersHesitationIndecisionMinistry, Qualifications ForMoses, Life OfLeadershipHumility, Examples OfMissionary WorkSelf AbasementBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptI Am UnimportantQuestioning GodMotivation

Exodus 4:11-12
The Lord said to him, "Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say."

Exodus 4:15
You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do. Verse ConceptsGod As Our TeacherGod TeachingGod Will Be With YouSpeaking The Word God Gives

Matthew 4:17
From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” Verse ConceptsGiving, Of Timeevangelism, nature ofBeginningHeraldKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivineMission, Of Jesus ChristPreaching, Content OfRepentance, Importance OfResponsibility, To GodRevelation, Responses ToUrgencyMissionary WorkChrist PreachingRepentanceBeginning To TeachGod's Blessings Are NearRepentance And ForgivenessTimes Of The ChristKingdom Of God

Matthew 11:1
When Jesus had finished giving orders to His 12 disciples, He moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns. Verse ConceptsTeachingMissionary WorkLast WordsChrist TeachingTwelve DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleshipFinishing Strong

Mark 1:38-39
And He said to them, "Let's go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come." So He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

Mark 6:7
He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs and gave them authority over unclean spirits. Verse ConceptsBattlesExorcismsevangelists, ministry ofApostles, Basis Of AuthorityMission, Of The ChurchPower, HumanMissionary WorkApostles, Miraculous PowerApostles, Given Miraculous PowerTwo DisciplesActivity BegunTwelve DisciplesAuthority Of DisciplesChrist SendingChrist SummoningMan's Authority Over The DevilEvangelismDiscipleship

Mark 3:14
He also appointed 12—He also named them apostles—to be with Him, to send them out to preach, Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly Ministryevangelists, identity ofShepherds, As Church LeaderClergyMissionary WorkChrist With People On EarthTwelve Disciples

Luke 10:1-11
After this, the Lord appointed 70 others, and He sent them ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself was about to go. He told them: "The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. Now go; I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves. read more.
Don't carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don't greet anyone along the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don't be moving from house to house. When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you. Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, 'The kingdom of God has come near you.' When you enter any town, and they don't welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 'We are wiping off [as a witness] against you even the dust of your town that clings to our feet. Know this for certain: the kingdom of God has come near.'

Isaiah 66:19
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away—who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations. Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFameIslandsMission, Of IsraelSigns From GodMissionary WorkArchers, In ArmiesAfricaSurvivors Of The Nations

Isaiah 42:10-12
Sing a new song to the Lord; [sing] His praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you islands with your inhabitants. Let the desert and its cities shout, the settlements where Kedar dwells [cry aloud]. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops. Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare His praise in the islands.

Luke 10:2
He told them: “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest. Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestMissionaries, Task OfOpportunities, And SalvationMissionary WorkFruitful LabourReapingReapersFew In The KingdomWorkers

Romans 10:14-15
But how can they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher? And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How welcome are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!

Acts 11:18
When they heard this they became silent. Then they glorified God, saying, “So God has granted repentance resulting in life even to the Gentiles!” Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofNationalismRepentance, Importance OfGifts From God, SpiritualRepentanceForeigners Saved By FaithGod Gives RepentanceSpecific Praising Of GodElectPromise Of HeavenUniversalism

Acts 21:19-20
After greeting them, he related one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry. When they heard it, they glorified God and said, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.

Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
 Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBeautifulFeetFaith, Origins Ofevangelists, ministry ofevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofenvoyBeauty, SpiritualGospel, Descriptions OfMissionaries, Task OfPreaching, Importance OfWitnessing, Importance OfMissionary WorkBeauty Of GodProclaimingGood TidingsFeet In ActionGod Saves The Needyfootprints

Romans 10:15
And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things! Verse ConceptsArmor of GodBeautifulFeetevangelists, ministry ofevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofenvoyBeauty, SpiritualGospel, Descriptions OfMissionary WorkBeauty Of GodGladnessGood TidingsFeet In ActionChrist SendingWalking In LoveMinistering To The UnsavedMissionariesSpreading The Gospelpreaching

Mark 16:15
Then He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. Verse ConceptsBattlesBaptism Of The Holy SpiritApostles, During Jesus Earthly Ministryevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofCommunicationGospel, Descriptions OfMissionaries, Call OfMission, Of The ChurchNewsPeople Of God, In NtPreaching, Importance OfResponsibility, For God's WorldClergyPastorsMissionary WorkCivilizationMissionsGo And PreachApostles, Commission OfThe Gospel To The NationsThe Gospel WorldwideAmericaThe End Of The WorldEvangelismSpreading The Gospelpreachingevangelising

Matthew 28:19
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Verse ConceptsHoly SpiritBaptism Of The Holy SpiritenvoyChristiansdisciples, characteristics ofCeremoniesBaptism, practice ofMissionaries, Call OfNationalismPeople Of God, In NtSacramentsUnion With Christ, Nature OfDuties Of Christian ServantsGod, TrinityHoly Spirit, Deity OfMissionary WorkMinisters, Description OfSharing The GospelMissionsTeaching In The ChurchGod In Three PersonsChristian BaptismInteraction Of Father And SonJesus Statements About The SpiritThe Gospel To The NationsAll Authority Has Been Given To JesusBaptizing InfantsBaptismTrinityEvangelismDiscipleshipghostsmath

2 Chronicles 17:8-9
The Levites with them were Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; the priests, Elishama and Jehoram, were with these Levites. They taught throughout Judah, [having] the book of the Lord's instruction with them. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.

Mark 6:12
So they went out and preached that people should repent. Verse ConceptsCommunicationResponsibility, To GodMissionary Work, Examples OfRepentance And Forgiveness

Acts 13:2-5
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them to." Then, after they had fasted, prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them off. Being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they came down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. read more.
Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

1 Corinthians 16:9
because a wide door for effective ministry has opened for me—yet many oppose me. Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forMissionaries, Support ForOpportunities, And SalvationOpen DoorsMissionsEnemies Of GodOpportunityHindrancesMinistry

Ephesians 6:18-19
With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and stay alert in this, with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel.

Jeremiah 1:7-9
Then the Lord said to me: Do not say: I am [only] a youth, for you will go to everyone I send you to and speak whatever I tell you. Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to deliver you. [This is] the Lord's declaration. Then the Lord reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and told me: Look, I have filled your mouth with My words.

Acts 15:40-41
Then Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Galatians 2:9
When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceFellowship, Among BelieversApostles, Function In Early ChurchGrace, And Christian LifePaul, Apostle To GentilesPillarsCompanionshipMissionary WorkMetaphorical PillarsBlessings For The Right HandThe Gospel To Jew And Gentilepartnership

Luke 24:46-47
He also said to them, "This is what is written: the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Matthew 10:16
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. Verse ConceptsdovesInnocence, Teaching OnSheep, FigurativeSerpentsSheepShrewdnessSnakesMissionary WorkHarmlessnessSingleness Of HeartThings Like SnakesWolvesBe Wise!Christ SendingChristmas Treereuniting

Luke 9:59-62
Then He said to another, "Follow Me." "Lord," he said, "first let me go bury my father." But He told him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God." Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house." read more.
But Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."

Acts 4:19-20
But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it's right in the sight of God [for us] to listen to you rather than to God, you decide; for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard."

2 Peter 2:5
and if He didn’t spare the ancient world, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others, when He brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahAntediluviansBefore The Floodevangelists, identity ofMissionaries, Call OfNoahMissionary Work, Examples OfThe DelugeMissionary ExamplesSeven PeopleGod KeepsNot SparingNoah's FloodExamples Of Ungodly MenFloodspreservation

Jonah 1:3-4
However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord's presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the Lord's presence. Then the Lord hurled a violent wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart.

Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying:

Who should I send?
Who will go for Us?

I said:

Here I am. Send me. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfMessengerMinistry, Qualifications ForPrayer, As A Response To GodTheophanyUniquenessCall To ServiceGod, TrinityHoly Spirit, Types OfMinisters, Should BeMissionary WorkInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Means OfNames And Titles For The Holy SpiritCalling, Of IndividualsUnquestioning ServiceHearing God's VoiceWho Is The Doer?Behold Me!God Sending ProphetsTrinityThe BibleVolunteeringCall To Actionwill

Jonah 3:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.” Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelMissionary Work, Examples OfMissionary Examplesjonah

Acts 15:3
When they had been sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, explaining in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they created great joy among all the brothers. Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

Acts 13:2
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.” Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfBarnabasevangelism, motivation forFasting, Examples OfGuidance, Receiving God'sMind, Of ChristUniquenessWorship, Acceptable AttitudesGod, Unity OfCall To ServiceHoly Spirit, Personhood OfMinisters, Description OfMissionary WorkInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfCalling, Of IndividualsGuidance Of The Holy SpiritCompanionshipThe Spirit SpeakingLed By The SpiritMan AppointingFastingFasting And Prayerministering

Acts 13:2
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.” Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfBarnabasevangelism, motivation forFasting, Examples OfGuidance, Receiving God'sMind, Of ChristUniquenessWorship, Acceptable AttitudesGod, Unity OfCall To ServiceHoly Spirit, Personhood OfMinisters, Description OfMissionary WorkInspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Purpose OfCalling, Of IndividualsGuidance Of The Holy SpiritCompanionshipThe Spirit SpeakingLed By The SpiritMan AppointingFastingFasting And Prayerministering

Acts 8:5
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah to them. Verse ConceptsBaptism, Places Usedevangelists, identity ofevangelists, ministry ofHeraldMissionaries, Call OfPreaching, Content OfWitnessing, Importance OfMinisters, Way They Should TeachMissionary Work, Examples OfSharing The GospelMissionary ExamplesPreaching ChristIdentity

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