All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace:

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.

And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; make and female he created them.

And we know that the son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who his true; and we are in him who is true, in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

He saved us, not because of work done by us and righteousness but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain