Servants

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant.

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ — read the full passage →

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am in your midst as one who serves.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries. — read the full passage →

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

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

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. — read the full passage →

I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest. — read the full passage →

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

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.’”

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. — read the full passage →

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, — read the full passage →

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another. — read the full passage →

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers, — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am. — read the full passage →

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

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. — read the full passage →

He must increase, but I must decrease.

But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’ — read the full passage →

Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?” — read the full passage →

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. — read the full passage →

The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will 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 who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.