Luk 1:2, Rom 10:14-15, 1Cor 3:7, 4:1-2, 2Cor 3:6, 4:5, 7, 6:1, 4, 11:23 | ESV | STEP | just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us ,

Luke 1:2

2 ^ajust as those who ^bfrom the beginning were ^ceyewitnesses and ^dministers of ^ethe word ^fhave delivered them to us,

Romans 10:14-15

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^gof whom they have never heard? ^{▼▼Or him whom they have never heard} And how are they to hear ⁱwithout someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^j“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

1 Corinthians 3:7

7 So ^kneither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

The Ministry of Apostles

1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and ^lstewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 3:6

6 who has made us sufficient to be ^mministers of ⁿa new covenant, not of ^othe letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but ^pthe Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:5

5 For what ^qwe proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ^rourselves as your servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in ^tjars of clay, ^uto show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

2 Corinthians 6:1

1 ^vWorking together with him, then, ^wwe appeal to you ^xnot to receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 6:4

4 but ^yas servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^zby great endurance, ^aain afflictions, ^abhardships, calamities,

2 Corinthians 11:23

23 Are they ^acservants of Christ? ^adI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^aefar more imprisonments, ^afwith countless beatings, and ^agoften near death.