What Does the Bible Say About Equipping The Saints?

Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Ephesians 4:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Ephesians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Ephesians 4:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, ...

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

Ephesians 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

Acts 20:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

John 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.

John 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.”

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Colossians 1:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

19 Bible Verses about Equipping The Saints

Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 20:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Equipping The Saints

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Ephesians 4:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Timothy 4:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 20:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:1-42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Colossians 1:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote