44 Bible Verses about Ministry, In The Church

Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.

Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.

Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you; And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is:

Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints, That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

Even so did the Lord give orders that the preachers of the good news might get their living from the good news.

And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.

For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Brothers, keep us in mind in your prayers.

Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.

So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is: Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith; Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it; He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit. And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord. And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.read more.
But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good. For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit: To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit; And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues: But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things; Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you: And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;

Go on loving your brothers in the faith.

And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.