Bible Verses about “division of labor”
The Bible contains 18 verses about division of labor across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;”
“so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”
“or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;”
“For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,”
“When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.”
“But now they are many members, but one body.”
“For the body is not one member, but many.”
“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.”
“No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.”
“Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;”
“But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.”
“whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,”
“The eye can't tell the hand, "I have no need for you," or again the head to the feet, "I have no need for you."”
“that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.”
“If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.”
“If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.”
“If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?”
“If they were all one member, where would the body be?”