Servants

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. — read the full passage →

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? — read the full passage →

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. — read the full passage →

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; — read the full passage →

I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. — read the full passage →

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. — read the full passage →

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: — read the full passage →

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: — read the full passage →

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. — read the full passage →

Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. — read the full passage →

Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. — read the full passage →

He must increase, but I must decrease.

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? — read the full passage →

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? — read the full passage →

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. — read the full passage →

And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. — read the full passage →

Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.