'Stewardship' in the Bible
And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.
I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’
For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;
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,