1 Timothy 3:13

Those who serve well gain a good standing and bold confidence in the faith. It promises spiritual reward for faithful service.

Cross-references · 15

• Matt 25:21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Acts 6:5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
• 1 Pet 4:10–11As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
• Luke 19:17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
• 1 Th 2:2But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
• Matt 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• 1 Cor 16:15I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
• Acts 6:8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
• 2 Tim 2:1Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 12:7–8Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
• Luke 16:10–12He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
• Phil 1:14And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
• Acts 21:35And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
• Acts 6:15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

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