Acts 26:16
26:16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance
as a servant and witness
to the things
you have seen
and to the things in which I will appear to you.
Romans 15:16
15:16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve
the gospel of God
like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering,
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 3:7-8
3:7 I became a servant of this gospel
according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by
the exercise of his power.
3:8 To me – less than the least of all the saints
– this grace was given,
to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ
Ephesians 4:11-12
4:11 It was he
who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
4:12 to equip
the saints for the work of ministry, that is,
to build up the body of Christ,
Colossians 1:23-25
1:23 if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm,
without shifting
from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body – for the sake of his body, the church – what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
1:25 I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God – given to me for you – in order to complete the word of God,