53 Bible Verses about Ministry

for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

varieties of service, but the same Lord;

I render thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has made me able for this; he considered me trustworthy and appointed me to the ministry,

you make it obvious that you are a letter of Christ which I have been employed to inscribe, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of the human heart.

for the service rendered by this fund does more than supply the wants of the saints, it overflows with many a cry of thanks to God.

(if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);

So the twelve summoned the main body of the disciples and said: "It is not desirable that we should drop preaching the word of God and attend to meals.

Are not all angels merely spirits in the divine service, commissioned for the benefit of those who are to inherit salvation?

for what you have contributed to the gospel from the very first day down to this moment;

if it is practical service, let us mind our service; the teacher must mind his teaching,

to fill the place in this apostolic ministry which Judas left in order to go to his own place."

This service shows what you are, it makes men praise God for the way you have come under the gospel of Christ which you confess, and for the generosity of your contributions to themselves and to all;

for I am a minister of the church by the divine commission which has been granted me in your interests, to make a full presentation of God's message ??26 of that open secret which, though concealed from ages and generations of old, has now been disclosed to the saints of God.

If there was glory in the administration that condemned, then the administration that acquits abounds far more in glory

Whatever happens, be self-possessed, flinch from no suffering, do your work as an evangelist, and discharge all your duties as a minister.

Luke is the only one who is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him along with you, for he is of great use in helping me.

Do you not know that as men who perform temple-rites get their food from the temple, and as attendants at the altar get their share of the sacrifices,

Such is the gospel which I was called to serve by the endowment of God's grace which was vouchsafed me, by the energy of his power;

I put no obstacle in the path of any, so that my ministry may not be discredited;

as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God.

Now if the administration of death which was engraved in letters of stone, was invested with glory ??so much so, that the children of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses on account of the dazzling glory that was fading from his face;

As it is, however, the divine service he has obtained is superior, owing to the fact that he mediates a superior covenant, enacted with superior promises.

Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you to my service as a witness to what you have seen and to the visions you shall have of me.

It is all the doing of the God who has reconciled me to himself through Christ and has permitted me to be a minister of his reconciliation.

I tell you this, you Gentiles, that as an apostle to the Gentiles I lay great stress on my office,

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

I know your doings, your love and loyalty and service and patient endurance; I know you are doing more than you did at first.

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

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

for I have wide opportunities here for active service ??and there are many to thwart me.

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

(for He who equipped Peter to be an apostle of the circumcised equipped me as well for the uncircumcised),

It is a popular saying that "whoever aspires to office is set upon an excellent occupation."

And tell Archippus, 'Attend to the ministry you have received in the Lord; see that you fulfil it.'

he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil;

Joanna the wife of Chuza the chancellor of Herod, Susanna, and a number of others, who ministered to him out of their means.

Now in Christ Jesus I can be proud of my work for God.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall my servant be also: if anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.

so the Lord's instructions were that those who proclaim the gospel are to get their living by the gospel?

and pray for me as well, that God may give me an opening for the word, to speak of the open secret of Christ for which I am in custody.

Now you are Christ's Body, and severally members of it.