59 Bible Verses about Ministry

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

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

because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

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

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place."

Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,

For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist's work, fulfill your ministry.

Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry.

Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power.

We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work.

But if the ministry that produced death -- carved in letters on stone tablets -- came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective),

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.

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 as a ransom for many."

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.

Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles)

Then he said to me, "These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people."

This saying is trustworthy: "If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work."

And tell Archippus, "See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord."

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.

So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple.

In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets."

if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.