Serve Others

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

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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

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.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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 →

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.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: — read the full passage →

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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

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.

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

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 →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. — read the full passage →

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.

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

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? — read the full passage →

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

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

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: — 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.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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

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.

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

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. — read the full passage →

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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 →

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

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.

This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. — read the full passage →

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. — read the full passage →

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

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: — 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 →

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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 →

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. — read the full passage →

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. — read the full passage →

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.

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: — read the full passage →

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; — read the full passage →