Serving The Church

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

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — 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.

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

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

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. — 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.

Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

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

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

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.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. — read the full passage →

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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 →

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.

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.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, — read the full passage →

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

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — 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.”

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, — read the full passage →

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

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

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.

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.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, — read the full passage →

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

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.”

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.

For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.

“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

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,

Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

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

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.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

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.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

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

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ; To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you; — read the full passage →

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

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

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

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 →

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Don’t you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

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 →

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” — read the full passage →

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 →

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: — read the full passage →

holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.

For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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