Stewardship

In the Bible, stewardship language describes being entrusted with responsibilities, including service, gifts, grace, and proclamation. The word or idea recurs in at least 8 verses across 6 books and 7 episodes.

One passage calls people servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries (1 Corinthians 4:1). Another says that each person should use a received gift to serve others as a steward of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10). Other verses speak of a stewardship of God’s grace given for others and of stewardship connected with fulfilling God’s word (Ephesians 3:2; Colossians 1:25).