23 Bible Verses about Missionaries

In all ways I showed you that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.

Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellowlaborers in Christ Jesus;

and when I was present with you, and in want, I was a charge to no one; (for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied my wants;) and in every thing I kept myself and will keep myself from being burdensome to you.

Notwithstanding, ye did well in sharing with me in my distress. And ye yourselves also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I went forth from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in an account of giving and receiving, but ye only; for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to my necessity.

Salute Urbanus, our fellowlaborer in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.

who bore witness of thy love before the church; whom if thou send forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, thou wilt do well.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every one.

Let no foul language proceed out of your mouth, but whatever is good for edification, as the need may be, that it may benefit the hearers;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him, let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

For how dost thou know, O wife, but that thou mayst save thy husband? or how dost thou know, O husband, but that thou mayst save thy wife?

that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world,

In like manner let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

so that ye became an example to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Wherefore, encourage one another, and edify one another, as indeed ye are doing.

Let us then strive to promote peace, and the edification of each other.

Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification.

In like manner let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

that ye may be blameless and pure, children of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world, holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to boast against the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, or labor in vain.

Come, see a man who told me all things which I have done. Is this the Christ?

And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see.

But the chief priests and the scribes, when they saw the wonderful things which he did, and the children that were crying out in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, were much displeased; and said to him, Dost thou hear what these say? But Jesus saith to them, Yea; did ye never read, "From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou didst prepare praise"?

Moreover we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be forbearing to all.

yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for the sake of which I am also in bonds;

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves well;

And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, Trade with these, till I come.

For it will be as when a man going abroad called his own servants, and intrusted to them his property;

for according to their power, I bear witness, and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

For I determined not to know anything while with you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light;

And he answering said, I tell you, that if these are silent, the stones will cry out.

Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose on account of Stephen traveled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews. But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, publishing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

Now those that had been scattered abroad went through the country preaching the word.

And Jesus hearing this said to him, One thing thou still lackest: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Whoever doth not bear his own cross and follow me, cannot be my disciple.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judged, that if one died for all, then all died; and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for their sakes, and rose again.

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong;

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;

According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him twofold mole a son of hell than yourselves.

For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring substance.

Every one therefore who shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.

And Joseph, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, when interpreted, Son of consolation,) a Levite, born in Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; (which is, when interpreted, the Christ.) He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking upon him said, Thou art Simon, the son of John; thou shalt be called Cephas; (which signifieth Peter, that is, Rock.)

having your manner of life among the gentiles honorable; that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

and spared not the old world, but saved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught correctly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But Aquila and Priscilla having heard him, took him to them, and set forth to him the way [of the Lord] more fully.

And one of them, perceiving that he was freed from his disease, turned back, giving glory to God with a loud voice;

And a certain Jew, named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

relating to Jesus of Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were overpowered by the Devil; for God was with him.

And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.

Come, see a man who told me all things which I have done. Is this the Christ?

And Nathanael said to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith to him, Come and see.

And she came up at this very time, and gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the gentiles should hear the word of the glad tidings, and believe.

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

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others, who afforded them aid from their substance.

Now those that had been scattered abroad went through the country preaching the word.