43 Bible Verses about Serving The Church

Let him that hath an office, wait on his office;

that the saints might have all things necessary to work and minister withal, to the edifying of the body of Christ,

And there are differences of administrations, and yet but one Lord.

As we have many members in one body, and all members have not one office:

For they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ: but their own bellies. And with sweet preachings and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocents:

Ye are the body of Christ, and members one of another.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of one body though they be many, yet are but one body: even so is Christ.

And beside the things which outwardly happen unto me, I am cumbered daily and do care for all congregations.

whereof am I made a minister according to the ordinance of God, which ordinance was given me unto you ward, to fulfill the word of God:

And let them first be proved, and then let them minister, if they be found faultless.

For if a man cannot rule his own house, how shall he care for the congregation of God?

If the foot say, "I am not the hand, therefore I am not of the body," is he therefore not of the body?

The gifts of the spirit are given to every man to profit the congregation.

For God is not causer of strife: but of peace, as he is in all other congregations of the saints.

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God?

As every man hath received the gift, minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God.

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together and said, "It is not meet that we should leave the word of God and serve at the tables.

Them that sin, rebuke openly that others may fear.

Do ye not understand how that they which minister in the temple, have their finding of the temple? And they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

because of the fellowship which ye have in the gospel, from the first day unto now;

While we have, therefore, time; let us do good unto all men, and specially, unto them which are of the household of faith.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the Gospel of his son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, which is my dear son, and faithful in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my ways which I have in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in all congregations.

with good will, even as though serving the Lord and not men.

For if we be too fervent, to God are we too fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.

I robbed other congregations, and took wages of them, to do you service withal.

But now hath God disposed the members, every one of them in the body, at his own pleasure.

And Martha was cumbered about much serving, and stood and said, "Master, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to minister alone? Bid her therefore, that she help me."

We have an altar whereof they may not eat, which serve in the tabernacle.

Turn you therefore, and consider what difference is betwixt the righteous and ungodly: betwixt him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

And this shall chance you for a testimonial.

Let there be but one Lord, one faith, one baptism:

Husbands: love your wives, even as Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself for it,

Serve the LORD in fear, and rejoice unto him in reverence.

And God hath also ordained in the congregation, first the apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, then them that do miracles; after that, the gifts of healing, helpers, governors, diversity of tongues.

No man can serve two masters: For either he shall hate the one, and love the other; or else he shall lean to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

serving the Lord with all humbleness of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which happened unto me by the layings wait of the Jews,

And so were the congregations established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

And she had been a widow about four score and four years of age, which went never out of the temple, but served God there with fasting and prayer night and day.

that ye, all agreeing together, may with one mouth praise God the father of our Lord Jesus.

So we, being many, are one body in Christ - and every man, among ourselves, one another's members.

therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwell among them.

But even as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every person, so let him walk: and so ordain I in all congregations.