If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to
He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LO
I became its servant by the commission God gave me to fully proclaim to you the word of God,
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who exam
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong han
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut u
And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who is willing to consecrat
And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholehearted
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your
Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship b
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to giv
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take n
The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
See, I have told you in advance.
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach
But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You