41 Bible Verses about Serving The Church

If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service.

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

there are various forms of service, and the same Lord;

For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function;

Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

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

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Not to mention other things, there is the crowding pressure of each day upon me, the care of all the churches.

It is of this I was made a minister, according to the stewardship entrusted to me by God for you, fully to declare God's message;

They should first be tested, and after that, if they are found irreproachable, let them serve as deacons.

For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?

If the foot should say, "Because I am a hand, I am not part a part the body," would it not indeed be a part of the body?

Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. This custom prevails in all the churches of the saints.

It is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it first begin with us, what shall be the end of those who are disobedient to the gospel?

Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Then the Twelve called the general body of the disciples together, and said to them. "It is not fitting for us to leave off preaching the Word of God, and minister at tables.

Rebuke offenders publicly, so that others also may take warning.

You know, do you not, that those who minister in the temple, and those who serve at the altar, get their portion of the sacrifices?

from the first day you heard it until now.

So then, as we have opportunity, let is do good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of faith.

God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,

With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.

slaving with good-will from your heart, as for the Lord and not for men;

For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.

Other churches I spoiled, and took their wages to do you service.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body as it has pleased him.

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

We Christians have an altar from which those have no right to eat who minister in the Tabernacle.

"It shall turn out for a testimony to you.

There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers. then workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, users of various kinds of "tongues."

"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

"serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and amid trials that befell me through the plots of the Jews.

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and continued to increase in number daily.

and then being a widow even for fourscore and four years. She departed not from the temple, but worshiped with the fasting and prayer, night and day.

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

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

For this they are now before the throne of God, and are serving him day and night in his temple. "And He who sits on the throne Will spread his tabernacle over them.

Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one??nd whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him??n that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.