43 Bible Verses about Serving The Church

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord,

For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually},

For just as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, [although they] are many, are one body, thus also Christ.

Apart from these external things, [there is] the pressure on me every day of the anxiety about all the churches.

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

and these also must be tested first; then let them serve [if they] are above reproach.

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not [a part] of the body," not because of this is it not [a part] of the body.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for what is beneficial [to all].

For God is not [a God of] disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

So the twelve summoned the community of disciples [and] said, "It is not desirable [that] we neglect the word of God to serve tables.

Reprove those who sin in the presence of all, in order that the rest also may experience fear.

Do you not know that those performing the holy services eat the things from the temple, [and] those attending to the altar have a share with the altar?

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

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,

Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

serving with goodwill as to the Lord and not to people,

For if we are out of our senses, [it is] for God; if we are of sound mind, [it is] for you.

I robbed other churches [by] accepting support [from them] for the ministry to you.

But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.

But Martha was distracted with much preparation, so she approached [and] said, "Lord, is it not a concern to you that my sister has left me alone to make preparations? Then tell her that she should help me!"

We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat.

You will return and see [the difference] between [the] righteous and [the] wicked, between [the one who] serves God and the one who does not serve him.

This will turn out to you for a [time of] witness.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

"No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews--

So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were growing in number every day.

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

so that with one mind you may glorify with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and {individually} members of one another,

Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne {will shelter} them.

But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.