Quotes About Ministry

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesusí sake.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

We put no obstacle in anyoneís way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.

More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering—the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”

The true marks of an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles—were performed among you with great perseverance.

Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.

But you know Timothyís proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs.

You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you greetings, as does Mark the cousin of Barnabas. You have already received instructions about him: If he comes to you, welcome him.