11 Bible Verses about Administration
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And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.
For the rendering of this service does more than supply the wants of God's people; it results in a wealth of thanksgiving to God.
I want to introduce to you our sister Phoebe, who is a helper in the church at Cenchreae. Welcome her as a Christian, as God's people should welcome one another, and give her whatever help she may need from you. For she has herself been a protection to many, including myself.
As I asked you to do when I was on my way to Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus in order to warn certain people there not to teach strange views nor to devote themselves to fictions and interminable pedigrees; such things lead to controversy instead of the divine system which operates through faith.
When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to settle there for the winter. Do all you can to help Zenas the expert in the Law and Apollos on with their journey, and see that they have everything they need. Have our people learn to make it their business to do good, so as to meet these pressing demands and not live unfruitful lives.
I left you behind in Crete expressly to correct what defects there were, and to appoint elders in each town, as I directed you??6 men of irreproachable character, who have been married only once, whose children are Christians, free from any suspicion of profligacy or disobedience.
and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,
Thank God, he puts the same devotion to you that I feel into Titus' heart, for he has responded to my appeal, but he goes to you really of his own accord, he is so devoted to you. I am sending with him his brother, who is famous in all the churches for his work in spreading the good news.read more.
What is more, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me in the interests of this generous undertaking, which I am superintending to honor the Lord and to show our readiness to help. I mean to have no one able to find any fault with the way I handle this munificence. I intend to do what is right not only in the Lord's sight but in the eyes of men. I send with them another brother of ours whose devotion we have often tested in many ways, which is now greater than ever, because of his perfect confidence in you. So as far as Titus is concerned, he is my partner and comrade in my work for you, while these brothers of ours represent the churches, and are a credit to Christ. So you must give proof to them before all the churches of your love, and justify my pride in you.
In those days, as the number of the disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food. So the Twelve called in the whole body of disciples and said to them, "It is not desirable that we should give up preaching the word of God to keep accounts. You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,read more.
while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message." This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism. They brought these men before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. So God's message continued to spread; the number of the disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a great many priests accepted the faith.
What is more, he has been appointed by the churches to travel with me in the interests of this generous undertaking, which I am superintending to honor the Lord and to show our readiness to help. I mean to have no one able to find any fault with the way I handle this munificence.
