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uses words proper to the priestly and Levitical ritual, to explain metaphorically his own
priestly service. Cf.
, “offering up,” and
$
, in the same verse.
5.
(
$!
, 3930), “to furnish, provide, supply,” is translated “minister” in 1
Tim. 1:4, of the effect of “fables and endless genealogies.” See
BRING
, A, No. 21.
6.
(
#$ 1
, 2038), “to work, work out, perform,” is translated
“minister” in 1 Cor. 9:13; the verb is frequently used of business, or employment, and
here the phrase means “those employed in sacred things” or “those who are assiduous in
priestly functions.” See
COMMIT
, A, No. 1.
Notes:
(1) The verb
, rendered “minister” in the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 9:10, and the
strengthened form
, rendered by the same verb in the
KJV
of 2 Cor. 9:10; Gal.
3:5; Col. 2:19; 2 Pet. 1:11, in v. 5, “add,” are always translated “to supply” in the
RV
.
Both verbs suggest an abundant supply, and are used of material or of spiritual provision.
See
SUPPLY
. (2) In Eph. 4:29,
KJV
,
, “to give,” is translated “minister” (
RV
,
“give”).
MINISTERING, MINISTRATION, MINISTRY
A. Nouns.
1.
$
(
&
, 1248), “the office and work of a
” (see
MINISTER
, A,
No. 1), “service, ministry,” is used (a) of domestic duties, Luke 10:40; (b) of religious
and spiritual “ministration,” (1) of apostolic “ministry,” e.g., Acts 1:17, 25; 6:4; 12:25;
21:19; Rom. 11:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “office”); (2) of the service of believers, e.g., Acts 6:1;
Rom. 12:7; 1 Cor. 12:5,
RV
, “ministrations” (
KJV
, “administrations”); 1 Cor. 16:15; 2 Cor.
8:4; 9:1, 12,
RV
, “ministration”; v. 13; Eph. 4:12,
RV
, “ministering” (
KJV
, “the ministry,”
not in the sense of an ecclesiastical function); 2 Tim. 4:11,
RV
, “(for) ministering”;
collectively of a local church, Acts 11:29, “relief” (
RV
marg. “for ministry”); Rev. 2:19,
RV
, “ministry” (
KJV
, “service”); of Paul’s service on behalf of poor saints, Rom. 15:31;
(3) of the “ministry” of the Holy Spirit in the gospel, 2 Cor. 3:8; (4) of the “ministry” of
angels, Heb. 1:14,
RV
, “to do service” (
KJV
, “to minister”); (5) of the work of the gospel,
in general, e.g., 2 Cor. 3:9, “of righteousness;” 5:18, “of reconciliation”; (6) of the
general “ministry” of a servant of the Lord in preaching and teaching, Acts 20:24; 2 Cor.
4:1; 6:3; 11:8; 1 Tim. 1:12,
RV
, “(to His) service”; 2 Tim. 4:5; undefined in Col. 4:17; (7)
of the Law, as a “ministration” of death, 2 Cor. 3:7; of condemnation, 3:9.¶
2.
$
(
$ &
, 3009), akin to
$
(see
MINISTER
, A, No. 2.), to
which the meanings of
$
correspond, is used in the NT of “sacred ministrations,”
(a) priestly, Luke 1:23; Heb. 8:6; 9:21; (b) figuratively, ofthe practical faith of the
members of the church at Philippi regarded as priestly sacrifice, upon which the apostle’s
lifeblood might be poured out as a libation, Phil. 2:17; (c) of the “ministration” of
believers one to another, regarded as priestly service, 2 Cor. 9:12; Phil. 2:30. See
SERVICE
.¶
B. Adjective.
$
(
$
, 3010), “of or pertaining to service, ministering,” is used
in Heb. 1:14, of angels as “ministering spirits” (for the word “do service” in the next