Ministering

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed, — read the full passage →

Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom: — read the full passage →

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint. — read the full passage →

Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences. — read the full passage →

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him? — read the full passage →

Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” — read the full passage →

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness — read the full passage →

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

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

neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

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

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

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

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. — read the full passage →

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant, — read the full passage →

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

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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.

A fiery stream issued and came out from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt.

Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

My sons, don’t be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.”

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

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.

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst, — read the full passage →

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

The eye can’t tell the hand, “I have no need for you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”

namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.