aEx. 19:6; 1 Pet. 2:9; [Joel 1:9]
bch. 60:5, 11, 16
cver. 13; ch. 2:14
dch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
ech. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
fEzek. 8:16
g1 Kgs. 6:3; 2 Chr. 3:4
h2 Chr. 4:1
iSee ch. 1:9
kPs. 42:3; 79:10; 115:2
l2 Cor. 6:4; Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:25; [2 Cor. 3:3]
mSee Rom. 12:6
n[ch. 9:17]; See 1 Pet. 4:10
oEph. 3:7; Col. 1:23, 25; [ch. 4:1; 5:18; 1 Tim. 1:12]
pJer. 31:31; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25; Heb. 8:8, 13; [ver. 14; Heb. 9:15]
qSee Rom. 2:27
r[John 6:63; Rom. 8:2]
sSee ch. 3:6; 10:7
tSee 1 Cor. 15:10
uch. 6:5
vActs 16:23
wch. 1:9, 10; 4:11; 6:9; Rom. 8:36; 1 Cor. 15:30-32
xSee Phil. 2:19
y2 Cor. 1:1; Col. 1:1; Philem. 1; Heb. 13:23
aa[2 Tim. 3:14, 15]
ac2 Tim. 3:10

Isaiah 61:6

6 abut you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
byou shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.

Joel 1:9

9 cThe grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the Lord.
dThe priests mourn,
ethe ministers of the Lord.

Joel 2:17

17 fBetween the gvestibule and the haltar
ilet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ▼
▼Or  reproach, that the nations should rule over them

kWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

1 Corinthians 3:5

5What then is Apollos? What is Paul? lServants through whom you believed, mas the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 4:1

The Ministry of Apostles

1This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and nstewards of the mysteries of God.

2 Corinthians 3:6

6who has made us sufficient to be oministers of pa new covenant, not of qthe letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but rthe Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 11:23

23Are they sservants of Christ? tI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ufar more imprisonments, vwith countless beatings, and woften near death.

1 Thessalonians 3:2

2and we xsent Timothy, your brother and God’s coworker ▼
▼Some manuscripts servant
 in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

1 Timothy 4:6

A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

6 aaIf you put these things before the brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church
 you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have acfollowed.
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