According to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry alongside the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates, for so David the man of God had commanded.

Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee.

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the good news of God

The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry

Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding region.

for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.”

to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Ministry of Apollos

Now there came to Ephesus a Jew named Apollos from Alexandria. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the scriptures.

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the gentiles through his ministry.

Now I am speaking to you gentiles. Inasmuch as I am an apostle to the gentiles, I celebrate my ministry

ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching;

At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem in a ministry to the saints,

that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea and that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

The Ministry of the Apostles

Think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stone tablets, came in glory so that the people of Israel could not gaze at Moses’s face because of the glory of his face, a glory now set aside,

how much more will the ministry of the Spirit come in glory?

For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, much more does the ministry of justification abound in glory!

Treasure in Clay Jars

Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry,

begging us earnestly for the favor of partnering in this ministry to the saints,

The Collection for Christians at Jerusalem

Now it is not necessary for me to write you about the ministry to the saints,

for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God.

Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your partnership with them and with all others,