Minister, Christian Wörterbuch: Nave's Topical Bible

(a sacred teacher)

Called

• AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2Co 5:20
• ANGELS OF THE CHURCH Re 1:20; 2:1
• APOSTLES Lu 6:13; Re 18:20
• APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST Tit 1:1
• DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH Php 1:7
• ELDERS 1Ti 5:17; 1Pe 5:1
• EVANGELISTS Eph 4:11; 2Ti 4:5
• FISHERS OF MEN Mt 4:19; Mr 1:17
• LABORERS Mt 9:38; with Phm 1:1
• LABORERS IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST 1Th 3:2
• LIGHTS Joh 5:35
• MEN OF GOD De 33:1; 1Ti 6:11
• MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCH 2Co 8:23

MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS Mal 2:7

MINISTERS OF

• GOD Isa 61:6; 2Co 6:4
• OF THE LORD Joe 2:17
• CHRIST Ro 15:16; 1Co 4:1
• OF THE SANCTUARY Eze 45:4
• OF THE GOSPEL Eph 3:7; Col 1:23
• OF THE WORD Lu 1:2
• OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 2Co 3:6
• OF THE CHURCH Col 1:24,25
• OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2Co 11:15

OVERSEERS Ac 20:28

PASTORS Jer 3:15; Joh 21:16-18; Eph 4:11

PREACHERS Ro 10:14; 1Ti 2:7

PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS 2Pe 2:5

SERVANTS

• OF GOD Tit 1:1; Jas 1:1
• OF THE LORD 2Ti 2:24
• OF JESUS CHRIST Php 1:1; Jude 1:1
• OF THE CHURCH 2Co 4:5
• SHEPHERDS Jer 23:4
• SOLDIERS OF CHRIST Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3,4
• STARS Re 1:20; 2:1
• STEWARDS OF GOD Tit 1:7
• OF THE GRACE OF GOD 1Pe 4:10
• OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD 1Co 4:1

TEACHERS Isa 30:20; Eph 4:11

WATCHMEN Isa 62:6; Eze 33:7

WITNESSES Ac 1:8; 5:32; 26:16

WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD 2Co 6:1

Compared to sowers Ps 126:6; Mt 13:3-8; Mr 4:3-20; Lu 8:5-8

Teachers of schools 1Sa 19:20; 2Ki 2:3,5,15; 4:38; 2Ch 15:3; 17:7-9; Ac 13:1

Hired Jud 18:4

Exempt from taxation Ezr 7:24

Non-partisan in politics 2Sa 15:24-27

Influential in public affairs

• Designate kings 1Sa 9:15,16; 10:1; 16:1-13
• Recommend civil and military appointments 2Ki 4:13

Expostulate with rulers

• Samuel with Saul 1Sa 13:11-14; 15:10-31
• Nathan with David 2Sa 12:1-14
• Elijah with Ahab 1Ki 18:17,18

Tact of 1Co 9:20-23; 10:23,28-33; 2Co 12:16

Recreations for Mr 6:31,32,45

Say good-bye to the congregation Ac 20:17-38

Personal bearing of Tit 2:7,8

Preach without authority Ga 1:15-24; 2:1-9

Patience of Jas 5:10

Work of, will be tried 1Co 3:12-15

Responsibility of Eze 3:17-21; 33:8; Mt 10:14-40; Ac 18:6; 20:26,27

Speaking evil of, forbidden Jude 1:8-10

Marriage of Le 21:7-15; Mt 8:14; 1Co 9:5; 1Ti 3:2,12; Tit 1:5-7

Incorruptible

• Balaam Nu 22:18,37,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14; with 2Pe 2:15,16
• Micaiah 1Ki 22:13,14
• Peter Ac 8:18-23

Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by PaulPhp 1:7; 1Th 1:2-4; 2:8,11

Kindness to:

• Ebed-melech to Jeremiah, Jer 38:7-13

Fear of 1Sa 16:4

Examples to the flock Php 3:17; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; 1Pe 5:3

Intolerance of Mt 15:23; 19:13; Mr 10:13; Lu 18:15

Message of, rejected Eze 33:30-33

Inconsistent Mt 27:3-7

God's care of 1Ki 17:1-16; 19:1-18; Isa 30:20; Mt 10:29-31; Lu 12:6,7

Their calling glorious 2Co 3:7-11

Discouragements of Isa 53:1; Eze 3:8,9,14; Hab 1:2,3; Mt 13:57; Mr 6:3,4; Lu4:24; Joh 4:44

Defended Jer 26:16-19

Beloved Ac 20:37,38; 21:5,6

Sent forth in teams of two

• Disciples Mr 6:7
• Paul and Barnabas Ac 13:2,3
• Judas and Silas Ac 15:27
• Barnabas and Mark Ac 15:37,39
• Paul and Silas Ac 15:40
• Paul and Timothy Ac 16:1-4
• Paul and Titus 2Co 8:19,23
• Timothy and Erastus Ac 19:22
• Titus and a companion 2Co 12:18
• See Minister, trials and persecutions of, below

CALL OF Ex 28:1; Nu 3:5-13; 1Sa 3:4-10; 1Ki 19:16,19; 1Ch 23:13;Isa 6:8-10; Jer 1:5; Am 2:11; Jon 1:1,2; 3:1,2; Mt 4:18-22;9:9; Mr 1:17-20; 2:14; Lu 10:1,2; Joh 1:43; Ac 13:2,3;20:24; 22:12-15; 26:14-18; Ro 1:1; 10:14,15; 1Co 1:1,27,28;9:16-19; 2Co 1:1; 5:18-20; Ga 1:15,16; Eph 3:7,8; 4:11,12;Col 1:1,25-29; 4:17; 1Ti 1:12-14; 2:7; 2Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3;Heb 5:4

• See Priests

• See Levites

• See Call, personal

• See Excuses

CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF Le 10:3-11; 21:6; Nu 16:9,10; De 32:1-3; 1Sa 2:35; 12:7;2Ch 6:41; 29:11; Ezr 7:10; Ps 68:11; Pr 11:30; Isa 6:5-8;32:20; 52:11; Jer 1:7,8; 3:15; 20:9; Eze 34:1-31; Mal 2:6,7;Mt 10:16-24; 11:25,26; 13:51,52; 20:25-28; 23:8-11; 24:45;Lu 6:39; 10:21; 12:42-44; 22:27; 24:49; Joh 3:27,34;4:36-38; 10:2-5,11-15; 13:13-17; 15:20,21; 17:16-18,20; Ac1:8; 4:8,31; 6:3,4; 20:22-24; Ro 2:21-23; 1Co 1:23,27-30;2:2; 3:7-10; 4:10-13; 9:16-23,27; 15:10; 2Co 2:15-17;3:6-10; 4:1-10; 5:11,18-20; 6:3-7; 10:1,2,8; 13:10; Ga 2:8;6:17; Php 3:17; 1Th 2:3-12; 1Ti 3:1-15; 5:17,21;6:11,13,14,20,21; 2Ti 1:6-8,13,14; 2:1-7,14-16,20-26;3:14,16,17; Tit 1:5-9,13,14; 2:1,7,8,15; 3:1,2,8,9; Heb5:1-3,12-14; 13:6,7,9,17; Jas 3:1,13,16,17; 1Pe 4:10,11

CHARGE DELIVERED TO Nu 18:1-7; 27:18-23; De 31:7,8,14-23; Jos 1:1-9; Eze 3:4;Mt 10:5-42; Mr 6:11; Lu 10:1-16; 1Ti 1:18-20; 2:1-15;3:1-16; 4:1-16; 5:1-22; 6:1-21; 2Ti 1:6-13; 2:1-26; 3:1-17;4:1-8

COURAGE OF

• See Courage

• See Reproof, faithfulness in

DUTIES OF Ex 4:12; Le 10:8-11; Jos 1:8; 2Ki 17:27,28; 2Ch 29:11; Isa40:1-3,9,11; 52:11; 57:14; 58:1; 62:6,7; Jer 1:7,8,17-19;4:15; 6:27; 15:19-21; 23:4,22,28; 26:2; Eze 2:6-8;3:8-10,17-21,27; 6:11; 33:1-9; 34:2-31; 44:23; Joe 1:13-15;2:17; Jon 1:2; Na 1:15; Hab 2:2; Mal 2:7; Mt 7:6;10:7,11-13,16,25,27,28; 16:19; 18:5,6,18; 20:25-28;28:19,20; Mr 10:43-45; Lu 9:48; 22:32; 24:48; Joh 3:34;4:35-38; 15:27; 20:23; 21:15-17; Ac 1:21,22; 5:20; 6:2,4;10:42; 16:4; 18:9,10; 20:28; 22:15; 26:16-18; Ro 1:14,15;12:3-8; 1Co 1:16; 4:1,2,21; 9:16,17; 2Co 1:24; 4:1,2,5;5:14,18,20; 6:3-10; 7:4-9,12,15; 8:23; 10:8; 12:15,19;13:2,10; Ga 1:10; Eph 3:8-10; 4:11,12; 6:20; Col 4:17; 1Th2:4-8,10-12; 3:2; 5:12; 2Th 3:4; 1Ti 1:3,4,11,18,19; 2:7;4:6,7,12-16; 5:1-3,7-11,19-22; 6:3,4,10-14,17-21; 2Ti 1:6-8;2:2-7,14-16,23-25; 4:1,2,5; 1Pe 5:1-4; 2Pe 1:12-16

• See Minister, charge delivered to, above

De 1:38; 3:28; 31:7; Mal 2:7; 1Co 11:1,2; 16:15,16; Php3:17; Col 4:10; 1Th 5:12,13; Heb 13:7,17,18

EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 14:27; 18:1,2; Jos 13:14,33; 18:7; Jer31:14; Eze 44:28; Mt 10:9,10; Mr 6:8; Lu 10:7,8; 22:35,36;Joh 4:36; Ac 20:33,34; 1Co 9:1-23; 2Co 1:14,15; 11:7-9;12:13-18; Ga 6:6; Php 4:10-18; 1Th 2:5,6,9; 2Th 3:7-9; 1Ti5:18; 3Jo 1:7

• See Priests

• See Levites

• See Emoluments (benefits) of

FAITHFUL

• INSTANCES OF
• Moses De 4:26; 30:19; Heb 3:2,5
• Micaiah 2Ch 18:12,13
• Azariah 2Ch 26:16-20
• Balaam Nu 22:18,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14
• Nathan 2Sa 12:1-14
• Isaiah Isa 22:4,5; 39:3-7
• Jeremiah Jer 17:16; 26:1-15; 28; 37:9,10,16-18
• John the Baptist Mt 3:2-12; Mr 6:18-28; Lu 3:7-9,19
• Peter Ac 8:18-23
• Paul Ac 20:26,27; Col 1:7
• The apostles Ac 3:12-26; 4:9-13,19,20,31; 5:21,29-32

FALSE AND CORRUPT De 13:1-5; 18:20-22; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ch 29:34; 30:15; Ne 13:29;Pr 19:27; Isa 3:12; 5:20; 8:19,20; 9:14-16; 28:7; 29:10,11;30:10; 43:27,28; 44:20; 56:10-12; Jer 2:8; 5:13,14,30,31;6:13,14; 8:10,11; 10:21; 12:10; 13:20; 14:13-16;23:1,2,11,14-16,21,25-39; 27:9-18; 48:10; 50:6; La 2:14;4:13,14; Eze 13:1-23; 14:9,10; 22:25,26,28; 34:1-31;44:8,10; Ho 4:6,8-13; 5:1; 6:9; 9:7,8; Am 2:11,12; Mic 2:11;3:5-7,11; Zep 3:4; Zec 10:3; 11:4,5,16,17; 13:2-5; Mal1:6-10; 2:1-3,8,9; Mt 5:19; 7:15,22,23; 15:9,14; 20:20-27;23:3,4,13; 24:4,5,24,26,48-51; Mr 9:33-35; 10:35-37;13:21,22; Lu 6:39; 9:46; 11:35,46-52; 12:45,46; 21:8; 22:24;Joh 3:10; 5:43; 10:1,5,8,10-13; Ac 20:29,30; Ro 2:19-25;16:17,18; 1Co 3:1-4,10-16,21; 11:18,19; 2Co 2:17; 11:1-31;Ga 1:6-8; 5:10; Eph 4:14; Php 1:15,16; 3:2; Col 2:4,8,18,19;1Ti 1:3-7,19; 4:1-3,7; 6:3-5,20,21; 2Ti 2:14-18; 3:6-9,13;4:3; Tit 1:10-14; 3:10,11; Heb 13:9; 2Pe 2:1-22; 3:16; 1Jo2:18,26; 4:1-3,5; 2Jo 1:7-10; 3Jo 1:10; Jude 1:4-11; Re2:1,2,12,14,15,18,20-23

INSTANCES OF

• Aaron Nu 12:1-12
• Nadab and Abihu Le 10:1,2
• Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Nu 16
• Eli's sons 1Sa 2:12-17,22,25,28,29
• Samuel's sons 1Sa 8:1-3; 1Ch 6:28
• The old prophet of Beth-el 1Ki 13:11-32
• Jonathan Jud 17:7-13; 18
• Noadiah Ne 6:14
• Priests under Jehoash 2Ki 12:7; 2Ch 24:5,6
• Hezekiah 2Ch 30:3,5
• Priests and Levites Ezr 2:61,62; 9:1,2; 10:18-24; Ne 13:4-13,28,29; Zec7:5,6
• Hananiah Jer 28
• Jonah Jon 1:1-6
• Rulers in the temple Mt 16:6-12; 23:16; Lu 12:1
• Caiaphas Mt 26:2,3,57,63-65; Joh 11:49-51; 18:14
• Judas Iscariot Mt 26:14-16,21-25,47-50; 27:3-5; Joh 12:4-6; Ac 1:18
• Simon the sorcerer Ac 8:9-11
• Judaizers Ac 15:1; Ga 3; 4; 5; 6
• Diotrephes 3Jo 1:9
• Elymas (Bar-Jesus) Ac 13:6-11
• Hymenaeus 1Ti 1:20; 2Ti 2:17
• Philetus 2Ti 2:17,18

HOSPITALITY TO

• Woman of Zarephath to Elijah 1Ki 17:10-16
• The Shunammite woman to Elisha 2Ki 4:8-10
• The foreigners to Paul Ac 28:1-10
• Simon the tanner to Peter Ac 9:43
• The Philippian jailer Ac 16:33,34
• Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)
• To Paul Ac 18:3
• To Apollos Ac 18:26
• Justus to Paul Ac 18:7
• Philip the evangelist to Paul Ac 21:8-10

ORDINATION OF

• Of Matthias Ac 1:26
• Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi) Ac 6:5,6
• Of Paul and Barnabas Ac 13:3

• Timothy 1Ti 4:14

  • See Priests

  • See Levites

PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED Mt 9:37,38; Lu 10:2; Ro 15:30-32; 2Co 1:11; Eph 6:18-20;Php 1:19; Col 4:2-4; 1Th 5:25; 2Th 3:1,2; Phm 1:22; Heb13:18,19

PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED 2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:9; Ac 1:24,25; 4:29; 6:6; 12:5; 14:23

PROMISES TO, JOYS OF 2Sa 23:6,7; Ps 126:5,6; Jer 1:7-10,17-19; 20:11; Da 12:3;Mt 10:28-31; 28:20; Lu 12:11,12; 24:49; Joh 4:36-38; Ac1:4,5,8; 1Co 9:9,10; 2Co 2:14-16; 7:6,7; Php 2:16; 1Th2:13,19,20; 3:8,9; 3Jo 1:4

• See Righteous, promises to

SUCCESS ATTENDING

• Jonah Jon 1:5,6,9,14,16; 3:4-9
• Apostles Ac 2:1-4,41
• Philip Ac 8:6,8,12
• Peter Ac 9:32-35
• Paul Ac 13:16-43; 1Co 4:15; 9:2; 15:11; 2Co 3:2,3; 12:12;13:4; Php 2:16; 1Th 1:5
• Apollos Ac 18:24-28
  • See Revivals

TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF 1Ki 19:1-10; Isa 20:2,3; Eze 24:15-18; Ho 1:2; Am 5:10;7:10-17; Mt 10:16-27; 23:34; Joh 13:16; 1Co 2:1-4; 4:9-13;2Co 6:4-10; 7:5; 11:23-33; 12:7-12; Ga 4:13,14; Eph 3:1,13

FALSELY ACCUSED

• See Accusation, false

• See Also persecution

INSTANCES OF PERSECUTION

• Micaiah 1Ki 22:24-27
• Hanani 2Ch 16:10
• Zechariah 2Ch 24:20,21
• The apostles Ac 5:17-42
• Peter Ac 12:3-19

• Paul #Ac 9:23-25,29,30; 14:6-20; 16:11-40; 17:1-13; 20:3;21:27-40; 22:18,21,24-30; 23:11-35; 24; 25; 26; 2Co11:31-33; Ga 1:21-24; 2Ti 1:8,16; 2:9; 4:16,17|

  • See Elijah

  • See Jeremiah

ZEALOUS

• Titus #2Co 8:16,17|
• Epaphroditus #Php 2:25-30|
• Epaphras #Col 4:12,13|
• Tychicus #Col 4:7|
• John, in his vision #Re 5:4,5|
  • See Zeal