23 Bible Verses about Missionaries

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Religion that is pure and undefiled in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. You yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the first preaching of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you only; for even in Thessalonica you sent me a gift once and again for my needs.

Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

Let your speech always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building others up according to the need of the moment, that it may impart grace to those who hear.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the Day drawing near.

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

My brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong,

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

Let us therefore pursue what makes for peace and for mutual edification.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant; and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise'?"

And we urge you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

And pray for us as well, that God may open a door to us for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains,

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

So he called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'

"For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.

For I testify that according to their ability, and even beyond their ability, they gave of their own free will,

Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead expose them.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

For I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

He answered, "I tell you, if these keep silent, the stones would cry out."

Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

When Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong,

And they did not do as we expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of God's varied grace. Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belongs the glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

"Therefore whoever acknowledges me before men, him I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.

Thus Josnt who was called by the apostles Barnabas (which means, Son of Encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, sold a field which he owned, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.

He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ). He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas" (which means Peter).

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

And he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.

"Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?"

And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

So when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

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

Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.