59 Bible Verses about Ministry

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

There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

being revealed that you are a letter of Christ, served by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone, but in tablets that are hearts of flesh.

For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.

Aren't they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place."

seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;

of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn't right before God.

and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,

But if the service of death, written engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look steadfastly on the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which was passing away:

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

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

But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word."

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

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

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

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

(for he who appointed Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision appointed me also to the Gentiles);

Then he said to me, These are the boiling houses, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain.

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

I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.