43 Bible Verses about Serving The Church

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

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

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it.

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body -- though many -- are one body, so too is Christ.

Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God -- given to me for you -- in order to complete the word of God,

And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.

Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

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

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

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

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.

one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

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

Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror!

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

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

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

She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

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

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.