'Stewardship' in the Bible
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
and to show all men in a clear light what my stewardship is. It is the stewardship of the truth which from all the Ages lay concealed in the mind of God, the Creator of all things--
Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,
And say to Archippus, “See to it that you fulfill [carefully the duties of] the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”
neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith --
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able for this, because He considered me faithful and trustworthy, putting me into service [for this ministry],