23 Bible Verses about Missionaries

I have shown you all things, that it so behooveth you laboring to assist the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.

was naked, and ye clothed me: was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-laborers in Christ Jesus;

for the brethren, having come from Macedonia, supplied my deficiency; and in everything I rendered myself not burdensome to you, and will so render.

Moreover you did beautifully, communicating with my tribulation. And you indeed know, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I came out from Macedonia, no church communicated with me in the word of giving and receiving, except you alone; because also in Thessalonica both once and twice you sent to my need.

Salute Urbanus our fellow-worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

who have witnessed to thy divine love before the church: whom you will do well, having sent forth worthily of God.

Let your word be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how it behooves you to answer each one.

Let no corrupt communication go forth out of your mouth, but if anything is good unto edification of need, in order that he may give grace to those who hear.

Let the word of God dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another, in all wisdom, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with grace making melody in your hearts to God;

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the custom to some; but exhorting: and this the more, as you see the days drawing nigh.

but exhort one another each day, while it is called to-day; in order that no one of you may be hardened with the deceitfulness of sin:

My brethren, if any one among you may err from the truth, and one may turn him back; let him know, that the one having turned a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins.

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong;

For what do you know, O wife, if you shall save your husband? And what do you know, O husband, if you shall save your wife?

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

so that you are an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

Therefore exhort one another, and edify either the other, as you indeed are doing.

Then therefore we pursue the things belonging to peace, and edification towards one another.

Let each of us please his neighbor in that which is good, unto edification;

Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.

in order that you may be blameless and pure, the children of God, irreproachable, amid a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, having the word of life; unto my boasting in the day of Christ, because I did not run in vain, neither did I labor in vain.

Come hither, see the man who told me all things which I did: Is not He the Christ?

Nathanael said to him, Is any good thing able to come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

And the chief priests and scribes seeing the wonderful things which He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying; Hosanna to the son of David, were indignant, and said to Him, Do you hear what they are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes: have you not read, That out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

And we, exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the small-souled people, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

consider him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.

at the same time also praying for us, in order that God may open to us the door of the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which I indeed am bound;

Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, wishing in all things to deport ourselves in harmony with the beauty of holiness.

And calling his ten servants, he gave to them ten pounds, and said to them, Operate till I come.

For as a man going away, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods,

Because I witness, that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they were anxious,

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.

If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.

For I determine to know nothing among you, except Jesus Christ, and Him having been crucified.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

and He responding said to them, I say unto you, that if these may keep silent, the rocks will cry out.

Then indeed those having been dispersed abroad on account of the persecution prevailing over Stephen came through even to Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews only. And of them there were certain Cyprian and Cyrenean men, who, having come into Antioch, were speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word:

And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Whosoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may confound the strong;

and not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us through the will of God:

as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God: if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when it may be done, you make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

Therefore every one who shall confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in the heavens.

And Joseph called Barnabas by the apostles, which is interpreted, Son of consolation, a Levite, a Cyprian by race, a farm belonging to him, having sold it, he brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

he first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found Messiah, which is being interpreted, Christ. He led him to Jesus. Jesus looking upon him said; Thou art Simon the Son of Jonah, thou shalt be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).

having your deportment beautiful among the Gentiles: in order that in whatsoever they calumniate you as evil doers, seeing from your beautiful works, they may glorify God in the day of his visitation.

and spared not the old world, but delivered Noah the eighth person, the preacher of righteousness, brings the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

And he was instructed in the way of the Lord, and zealous in spirit, was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;

and he began to preach boldly in the synagogue. But Priscilla and Aquila, having heard him, took him to themselves, and expounded unto him the way of the Lord more perfectly.

and one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God,

And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came into Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.

for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost.

If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.

Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.

And he went away, and began to preach in Decapolis, how many things Jesus did to him. And all were astonished.

Come hither, see the man who told me all things which I did: Is not He the Christ?

Nathanael said to him, Is any good thing able to come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

And she, at the same hour, standing up continued to praise the Lord, and speak concerning Him to all those awaiting the redemption in Jerusalem.

And there being much disputation, Peter, having arisen, said to them, Men, brethren, you know that from ancient days God chose among you, that the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel through my mouth, and believe.

And drawing up their ships to the land, having left all things, they followed Him.

and Joanna the wife of Chuzas the steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many other women, who were accustomed to minister unto Him from those things belonging to them.

Therefore indeed, being dispersed abroad, they went everywhere preaching the word: