Ministering, Ministration, Ministry - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Ministering, Ministration, Ministry
[ A-1,Noun,G1248, diakonia ]the office and work of a diakonos" (See MINISTER, A, No. 1), "service, ministry," is used
(a) of domestic duties, Luke 10:40;
(b) of religious and spiritual "ministration,"
(1) of apostolic "ministry," e.g., Acts 1:17, Acts 1:25; Acts 6:4; Acts 12:25; Acts 21:19; Romans 11:13, RV (AV, "office");
(2) of the service of believers, e.g., Acts 6:1; Romans 12:7; 1 Corinthians 12:5, RV, "ministrations" (AV, "administrations"); 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:1, 2 Corinthians 9:12, RV, "ministration;" 2 Corinthians 9:13; Ephesians 4:12, RV, "ministering" (AV, "the ministry," not in the sense of an ecclesiastical function); 2 Timothy 4:11, RV, "(for) ministering;" collectively of a local church, Acts 11:29, "relief" (RV marg. "for ministry"); Revelation 2:19, RV, "ministry" (AV, "service"); of Paul's service on behalf of poor saints, Romans 15:31;
(3) of the "ministry" of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel, 2 Corinthians 3:8;
(4) of the "ministry" of angels, Hebrews 1:14, RV, "to do service" (AV, "to minister");
(5) of the work of the Gospel, in general, e.g., 2 Corinthians 3:9, "of righteousness;" 2 Corinthians 5:18, "of reconciliation;"
(6) of the general "ministry" of a servant of the Lord preaching and teaching, Acts 20:24; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 6:3; 2 Corinthians 11:8; 1 Timothy 1:12, RV, "(to His) service;" 2 Timothy 4:5; undefined in Colossians 4:17;
(7) of the Law, as a "ministration" of death, 2 Corinthians 3:7; of condemnation, 2 Corinthians 3:9.
[ A-2,Noun,G3009, leitourgia ]
akin to leitourgos (See MINISTER, A, No. 2), to which the meanings of leitourgia correspond, is used in the NT of "sacred ministration,"
(a) priestly, Luke 1:23; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:21;
(b) figuratively, of the practical faith of the members of the church at Philippi regarded as priestly sacrifice, upon which the Apostle's life-blood might be poured out as a libation, Philippians 2:17;
(c) of the "ministration" of believers one to another, regarded as priestly service, 2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 2:30. See SERVICE.
[ B-1,Adjective,G3010, leitourgikos ]
"of or pertaining to service, ministering," is used in Hebrews 1:14, of angels as "ministering spirits" (for the word "do service" in the next clause, See A, No. 1). In the Sept., Exodus 31:10; Exodus 39:13; Numbers 4:12, Numbers 4:26; Numbers 7:5; 2 Chronicles 24:14.