If your gift is serving, then serve. If it is teaching, then teach.

或作执事，就当专一执事；或作教导的，就当专一教导；

或服事的，要专一服事；或教导的，要专一教导；

或服事的，要专一服事；或教导的，要专一教导；

服侍的，要忠心服侍；教导的，要专一教导；

服事人的，就应当照着恩赐去服事；教导的，就应当照着恩赐教导；

如果是服事的，就用在服事上；如果是教导的，就用在教导上；

或作執事，就當專一執事；或作教導的，就當專一教導；

或服事的，要專一服事；或教導的，要專一教導；

或服事的，要專一服事；或教導的，要專一教導；

服侍的，要忠心服侍；教導的，要專一教導；

服事人的，就應當照著恩賜去服事；教導的，就應當照著恩賜教導；

或是擔任執事，就該用在執事上；或是教導的，就該用在教導上；

如果是服事的，就用在服事上；如果是教導的，就用在教導上；

或役事、則役事、或教誨、則教誨、

或役事、則役事、或教誨、則教誨、

或役事、當役事、或得為教誨者、當教誨、

或長預言、則憑信預言；或善供職、則專心供職；教誨者教誨、

if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;

if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching;

If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.

if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching;

if service, in the act of serving; or the one who teaches, in the act of teaching;

or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;

or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

if service, in service; if teaching, in teaching;

Or ministry,[ let us wait] on[ our] ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

So Christ himself gave the gift of the apostles to the church. He gave the prophets and those who preach the good news. And he also gave the pastors and teachers as a gift to the church.

Preach the word. Be ready to serve God in good times and bad. Correct people’s mistakes. Warn them. Encourage them with words of hope. Be very patient as you do these things. Teach them carefully.

In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon, and Lucius from Cyrene. Simeon was also called Niger. Another was Manaen. He had been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

In those days the number of believers was growing. The Greek Jews complained about the non- Greek Jews. They said that the widows of the Greek Jews were not being taken care of. They weren’t getting their fair share of food each day.

The Teacher was wise. He gave knowledge to people. He tried out many proverbs. He thought about them carefully. Then he wrote them down in order.

He teaches your rules to the people of Jacob. He teaches your law to Israel. He offers incense to you. He sacrifices whole burnt offerings on your altar.

My children, come. Listen to me. I will teach you to have respect for the Lord.

A leader must be free from blame. He must be faithful to his wife. In anything he does, he must not go too far. He must control himself. He must be worthy of respect. He must welcome people into his home. He must be able to teach.

I was appointed to be a messenger and an apostle to preach the good news. I am telling the truth. I’m not lying. God appointed me to be a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles.

You know that nothing has kept me from preaching whatever would help you. I have taught you in public and from house to house.

So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Be careful of how you live and what you believe. Never give up. Then you will save yourself and those who hear you.

The Lord answered,“ Suppose a master puts one of his servants in charge of his other servants. The servant’s job is to give them the food they are to receive at the right time. The master wants a faithful and wise manager for this.It will be good for the servant if the master finds him doing his job when the master returns.What I’m about to tell you is true. The master will put that servant in charge of everything he owns.

The elders who do the church’s work well are worth twice as much honor. That is true in a special way of elders who preach and teach.

The Lord said,“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.Suppose I say to a sinful person,‘ You can be sure you will die.’ And you do not warn them. You do not try to get them to change their evil ways in order to save their life. Then that sinful person will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn that sinful person. And they do not turn away from their sin or their evil ways. Then they will die because they have sinned. But you will have saved yourself.“ Or suppose a godly person turns away from their godliness and does what is evil. And suppose I put something in their way that will trip them up. Then they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The godly things that person did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn a godly person not to sin. And they do not sin. Then you can be sure that they will live because they listened to your warning. And you will have saved yourself.”

He came to Jesus at night and said,“ Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. We know that God is with you. If he weren’t, you couldn’t do the signs you are doing.”

But those who are taught the word should share all good things with their teacher.

Then I will teach your ways to those who commit lawless acts. And sinners will turn back to you.

“ Suppose a master puts one of his slaves in charge of the other slaves in his house. The slave’s job is to give them their food at the right time. The master wants a faithful and wise slave for this.It will be good for the slave if the master finds him doing his job when the master returns.What I’m about to tell you is true. The master will put that slave in charge of everything he owns.

“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.Suppose I say to a sinful person,‘ You can be sure that you will die.’ And suppose you do not try to get them to change their ways. Then they will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn that sinful person. You tell them to change their ways. But they do not change. Then they will die because they have sinned. But you will have saved yourself.

I would never sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. I’ll teach you to live in a way that is good and right.

“ My master!” the guard shouts back.“ Day after day I stand here on the lookout tower. Every night I stay here on duty.

Tell Archippus,“ Be sure that you complete the work the Lord gave you to do.”

Anyone who serves the Lord must not be hard to get along with. Instead, they must be kind to everyone. They must be able to teach. The one who serves must not hold anything against anyone.

Christ is the one we preach about. With all the wisdom we have, we warn and teach everyone. When we bring them to God, we want them to be like Christ. We want them to be grown up as people who belong to Christ.That’s what I’m working for. I work hard with all the strength of Christ. His strength works powerfully in me.

First, God has placed apostles in the church. Second, he has placed prophets in the church. Third, he has placed teachers in the church. Then he has given to the church miracles and gifts of healing. He also has given the gift of helping others and the gift of guiding the church. God also has given the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages.

Keep watch over yourselves. Keep watch over all the believers. The Holy Spirit has made you leaders over them. Be shepherds of God’s church. He bought it with his own blood.

You have heard me teach in front of many witnesses. Pass on to people you can trust the things you’ve heard me say. Then they will be able to teach others also.

I’m speaking to the elders among you. I was a witness of Christ’s sufferings. And I will also share in the glory that is going to come. I’m making my appeal to you as one who is an elder together with you.Be shepherds of God’s flock, the believers under your care. Watch over them, though not because you have to. Instead, do it because you want to. That’s what God wants you to do. Don’t do it because you want to get money in dishonest ways. Do it because you really want to serve.Don’t act as if you were a ruler over those under your care. Instead, be examples to the flock.The Chief Shepherd will come again. Then you will receive the crown of glory. It is a crown that will never fade away.