Bible Verses About Ministry
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ministry, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,195 votes, led by Ephesians 4:11-13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ministry
Ephesians 4:11-13273 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
2 Timothy 2:15191 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Romans 10:13-15144 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2 Corinthians 6:3-10143 votes
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
1 Timothy 4:12137 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Acts 20:24121 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might 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.
Hebrews 13:7117 votes
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
2 Corinthians 4:1-1892 votes
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 Corinthians 3:691 votes
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
2 Timothy 4:1-583 votes
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Romans 12:1-876 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Matthew 28:18-2071 votes
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
James 4:1069 votes
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Hebrews 13:1755 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
1 Corinthians 3:1-2354 votes
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:154 votes
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Acts 6:452 votes
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
2 Corinthians 5:11-2051 votes
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
1 Corinthians 3:5-650 votes
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
Isaiah 6:848 votes
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Luke 3:2348 votes
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
Luke 4:1-1247 votes
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Mark 3:1-3546 votes
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Galatians 5:1346 votes
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
2 Timothy 4:546 votes
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
What does the Bible say about ministry?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:11-13 on the subject of ministry. Across 4,195 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 2:15, Romans 10:13-15, 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.