59 Bible Verses about Ministry

for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;

And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,

being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God.

(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,

Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar?

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.

But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was,

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you;

Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first.

But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues.

for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles),

Then he said to me, “These are the boiling places where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people.”

It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.

Say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”

and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel.

So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;

I have also spoken to the prophets,
And I gave numerous visions,
And through the prophets I gave parables.

if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Now you are Christ’s body, and individually members of it.