54 Bible Verses about Ministry

for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

and there are diversities of services, but the same Lord;

And I thank him who gave me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, t

since ye are manifestly shown to be a letter of Christ by means of our service, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but on fleshly tablets of the heart.

for the ministration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but also overfloweth through many thanksgivings to God;

for if a man knoweth not how to preside over his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God

And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It doth not seem to us proper, that we should leave the word of God, and provide for tables.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

on account of your fellowship in the cause of the gospel from the first day until now;

or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;

to take the part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.

while by the proof afforded by this ministration they glorify God for your obedience to your profession in regard to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution in regard to them and in regard to all;

of which I became a minister, according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me, for you, to fulfill the word of God,

For if the ministration of condemnation had glory, much greater is the glory of the ministration of righteousness.

But be thou watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish thy ministry.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee; for he is useful to me for the ministry.

Do ye not know, that they who minister in the offerings of the temple live from the temple? that they who serve at the altar share with the altar?

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

giving no occasion for stumbling in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed;

that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

But if the ministration of death, engraven in letters on stones, was so glorious, that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses by reason of the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away,

But now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, in proportion as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been established upon better promises.

But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee;

And all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself by Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

For I am speaking to you gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the gentiles, I magnify my office,

According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

I know thy works, and love, and faith, and service, and thy endurance, and that thy last works are more than the first.

but we will give ourselves closely to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

for a door hath been opened to me great and effective, and there are many adversaries.

If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

(for he who wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship to the circumcised, wrought also for me in behalf of the gentiles,)

True is the saying: If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfill it.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil;

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herods steward, and Susanna, and many others, who afforded them aid from their substance.

I have then ground for glorying in Christ Jesus in regard to the things pertaining m God.

If any one be a servant to me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also will my servant be; if any one serve me, the Father will honor him.

In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for the sake of which I am also in bonds;

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members individually. And