41 Bible Verses about Serving The Church

If it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to his teaching,

To fit his People for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the Body of the Christ.

Ways of serving differ, yet the Master is the same;

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

For such persons are not serving Christ, our Master, but are slaves to their own appetites; and, by their smooth words and flattery, they deceive simple-minded people.

Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

And, not to speak of other things, there is my daily burden of anxiety about all the Churches.

Of which I myself became a minister in virtue of the office with which God entrusted me for your benefit, to declare the Message of God in all its fulness--

They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.

If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?

If the foot says 'Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,' it does not on that account cease to belong to the body.

To each man there is given spiritual illumination for the general good.

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.) This custom prevails in all the Churches of Christ's People.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the House of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's Good News?

Whatever the gift that each has received, use it in the service of others, as good stewards of the varied bounty of God.

The Twelve, therefore, called together the general body of the disciples and said to them: "It is not well for us to see to the distribution at the tables and neglect God's Message.

but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.

Do not you know that those who do the work of the Temple live on what comes from the Temple, and that those who serve at the altar share the offerings with the altar?

Because of the share that you have had in spreading the Good News, from the first day that you received it until now.

Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat every one with kindness, and especially members of the Household of the Faith.

God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the Goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,

This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master's service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus-methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.

Give your service heartily and cheerfully, as working for the Master and not for men;

For, if we were "beside ourselves," it was in God's service! If we are not in our senses, it is in yours!

I robbed other churches by taking pay from them, so that I might serve you!

But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."

We are not without an altar; but it is one at which those who still worship in the Tabernacle have no right to eat.

Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.

There is but one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism.

Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

Serving the Lord, as I did, in all humility, amid the tears and trials which fell to my lot through the plots of the Jews.

So the Churches grew stronger in the Faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

And then a widow, till she had reached the age of eighty-four. She never left the Temple Courts, but, fasting and praying, worshiped God night and day.

So that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.

And therefore it is that they are before the throne of God, and are serving him day and night in his Temple; and he who is seated on the throne will shelter them.

In any case, a man should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to him, and in which he was when God called him. This is the rule that I lay down in every Church.