Bible verses about "ministry" | Wesley

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spake to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹ Go ye and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. ²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the world.

¹ And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, ² Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended he hungered. ³ And the devil said to him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. ⁴ And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. ⁵ And the devil taking him up into an high mountain, shewed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment. ⁶ And the devil said to him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; for it is delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will. ⁷ If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. ⁸ And Jesus answering said to him, Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. ⁹ And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the battlement of the temple, and said, If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down from hence: ¹⁰ For it is written, He shall charge his angels concerning thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, ¹¹ lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹² And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

¹ And he entered again into the synagogue: and there was a man there who had a withered hand. ² And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him. ³ And he saith to the man that had the withered hand, Stand forth. ⁴ And he saith to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil? To save life or to kill? ⁵ But they held their peace. And looking round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored. ⁶ And the Pharisees going out, straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. ⁷ Then Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, ⁸ And from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what great things he did, came to him. ⁹ And he spake to his disciples, that a boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. ¹⁰ For he had healed many, so that they rushed in upon him, as many as had plagues. ¹¹ And unclean spirits when they saw him fell down before him and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. ¹² And he straitly charged them, not to make him known. ¹³ And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth to him whom he would, and they came to him. ¹⁴ And he ordained twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, ¹⁵ And to have power to heal diseases and to cast out devils. ¹⁶ And Simon he surnamed Peter: And James the son of Zebedee, ¹⁷ and John the brother of James (and he surnamed them Boanerges, ¹⁸ that is, the sons of thunder) And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, ¹⁹ and Simon the Canaanite, And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. ²⁰ And they come into an house: And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. ²¹ And his relations hearing of it, came out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself. ²² But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. ²³ And calling them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? ²⁴ If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. ²⁵ And if an house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. ²⁶ If Satan then be risen up and divided against himself, he cannot stand, but hath an end. ²⁷ None can enter into the strong one's house and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong one, and then he will plunder his house. ²⁸ Verily I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven the sons of men and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme. ²⁹ But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is liable to eternal damnation: ³⁰ Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. ³¹ Then come his brethren and his mother, and standing without, sent to him, calling him. ³² And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. ³³ And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? ³⁴ And looking round on them who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren. ³⁵ For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

¹ I exhort you therefore, brethren, by the tender mercies of God, to present your bodies unto God, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, which is your reasonable service. ² And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. ³ And I say, through the grace which is given to me, to every one that is among you, not to think of himself above what he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath distributed to every one. ⁴ For as in one body we are many members, and all members have not the same office, ⁵ So we being many are one body in Christ, and every one members of each other. ⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given us, whether it be prophesy, let us prophesy according to the analogy of faith: ⁷ Or ministry, let us wait on our ministring; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation. ⁸ He that imparteth, let him do it with simplicity; he that presideth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with chearfulness.

¹ And I, brethren, could not speak to you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, as unto babes in Christ. ² I fed you with milk, not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it: nor are ye now able. ³ For ye are still carnal: for while there is among you emulation, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? ⁴ For while one saith, I am of Paul, ⁵ and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? ⁶ I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. ⁷ So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. ⁸ But he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every one shall receive his own reward, according to his own labour. ⁹ For we are fellow-labourers of God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon. ¹¹ For other foundation can no man lay, than what is laid, which is Jesus Christ: And if any one build on this foundation, gold, silver, costly stones; ¹² wood, hay, stubble, Every one's work shall be made manifest; ¹³ for the day shall declare it: for it is revealed by fire; yea the fire shall try every one's work, of what sort it is. ¹⁴ If any one's work which he hath built thereon shall remain, he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any one's work shall be burnt, he shall suffer loss, but himself shall be saved, yet so as through the fire. ¹⁶ Know ye not, that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷ If any man destroy the temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. ¹⁸ Let none deceive himself: if any one among you thinketh himself to be wise, let him become a fool in this world, that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; as it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. ²⁰ And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. ²¹ Therefore let none glory in men; for all things are yours: ²² Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas; or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, ²³ all are yours, And ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

¹¹ Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men: but we are made manifest to God, and I trust we are made manifest in your consciences also. ¹² We do not again recommend ourselves to you; but we give you an occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have something to answer them, who glory in appearance, and not in heart. ¹³ For if we are transported beyond ourselves, it is to God; if we are sober, it is for your sakes. ¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us, while we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: ¹⁵ And that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and rose again. ¹⁶ So that we from this time know no one after the flesh; yea, if we have known even Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. ¹⁷ Therefore if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation: the old things are passed way; behold, all things are become new: ¹⁸ And all things are from God, who hath reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation: Namely, ¹⁹ that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their traspasses to them, and hath committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ Therefore we are embassadors for Christ, as though God were intreating by us: we beseech you, in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

²⁴ But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life precious to myself, so I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

¹ Therefore having this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not: But have renounced the hidden things of shame, ² not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully corrupting the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. ³ But if our gospel also is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish; ⁴ Whose unbelieving minds the god of this world hath blinded, lest the illumination of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine upon them. ⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to inlighten us with the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us. ⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet not crushed; ⁹ perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; thrown down, but not destroyed; ¹⁰ Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. ¹¹ We who live are always delivered unto death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal body. ¹² So then death worketh in us, but life in you. Yet having the same spirit of faith, ¹³ according to what is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak: ¹⁴ Knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus, will also raise us up by Jesus, and present us with you. ¹⁵ For all things are for your sakes, that the overflowing grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God. ¹⁶ Therefore we faint not, but even though the outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory: ¹⁸ While we aim not at the things that are seen, but the things that are not seen: for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal.

⁶ Who also hath made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.

¹ I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the quick and dead at his appearing and his kingdom, Preach the word; ² be instant in season, out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching. ³ For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but will heap to themselves teachers, according to their own desires, having itching ears. ⁴ And they will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables. ⁵ But watch thou in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of God, and he will lift you up.

⁷ Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

³ Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed, But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, ⁴ in much patience, in afflictions, ⁵ in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; ⁶ By purity, by prudence, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, ⁷ By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right-hand and the left: ⁸ Through honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, yet true, As unknown, yet well-known; ⁹ as dying, yet behold we live; as chastened, yet not killed; ¹⁰ As sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

¹⁵ Be diligent to present thyself unto God approved a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

¹² Let no one despise thy youth; but be a pattern to them that believe, in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

¹³ For whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved. ¹⁴ But how shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ But how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them who bring the good tidings of peace, who bring the glad tidings of good things!

¹¹ And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; ¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, to the edifying the body of Christ; ¹³ Till we all come to the unity of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: