Or ministry, [let us wait] on our ministry,.... The worddiakonia sometimes signifies the whole ecclesiastical ministry, even the office of apostleship, as well as the ordinary ministration of the Gospel; see Ac 1:17; but here "deaconship", or the office of ministering to the poor saints, as in Ac 6:1, being a distinct office from prophesying: or preaching the word, and should be used, exercised, and attended to with diligence, care, and constancy; for such who are appointed to this office, are chosen not only to a place of honour, but of service and business, in which they should behave with prudence, sobriety, and humility:or he that teacheth, on teaching.
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Romans 12:7
Romans 12:7
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