59 Bible Verses about Ministry

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,

And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered 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 supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, "It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.

if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your submission flowing from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known,

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power.

We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.

Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end,

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

"'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.

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

even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

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

whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),

Then he said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people."

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

And say to Archippus, "See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord."

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant 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.

In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.

So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison--

I spoke to the prophets; it was I who multiplied visions, and through the prophets gave parables.

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.