51 Bible Verses about Ministry

in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

and forms of service vary, but it is the same Lord who is served,

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has given me the strength for it, for thinking me trustworthy and putting me into his service,

You show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by me, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, and not on tablets of stone, but on the human heart.

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.

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.

Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

over your co-operation in the good news from the day you first received it until now.

or of practical service, differing in the field of service, or the teacher who exercises his gift in teaching,

to take this place of service as an apostle which Judas left to go where he belonged."

The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others;

In it, by divine appointment, I became a worker, that I might preach among you the message of God in its fulness??26 that secret, hidden from the ages and generations, but now disclosed to those who are consecrated to him,

If there was splendor in the religion of condemnation, the religion of uprightness must far surpass it in splendor.

But you must always be composed; do not shrink from hardship; do your work as a missionary, and your whole duty as a minister.

No one but Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great assistance to me,

Do you not know that those who do the work about the Temple get their living from the Temple, and those who attend to the altar divide the sacrifices with the altar?

for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

I put no obstacles in anyone's path, so that no fault may be found with my work.

in making me a minister of Christ Jesus among the heathen, to act as a priest of God's good news, to see that the heathen are an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

You have no share or part in this movement, for your heart is not honest in the sight of God.

But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it,

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for the express purpose of appointing you to serve me and to testify to what you have seen and to the visions you will have of me.

All this comes from God, who through Christ has reconciled me to himself, and has commissioned me to proclaim this reconciliation??19 how God through Christ reconciled the world to himself, refusing to count men's offenses against them, and intrusted me with the message of reconciliation.

But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,

Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.

I know the things you do, your love and faithfulness and helpfulness and endurance, and I know that you are now doing more than you did at first.

while we devote ourselves to prayer and to delivering the message."

just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

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 I have a great and promising opportunity here, as well as many opponents.

If one preaches, let him do it like one who utters the words of God; if one does some service, let him do it as with strength which God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

This is a trustworthy saying. Whoever aspires to the office of superintendent sets his heart on a fine work.

And tell Archippus, "See that you perform the Christian service you have been assigned."

He must not be a new convert, or he may grow conceited and incur criticism from slanderous people.

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

So as a follower of Christ Jesus I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me, and wherever I am found, my servant must be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

In just that way the Lord directed that those who preach the good news should get their living from it.

Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison

Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it.