Bible verses about "service" | Coverdale

¹² Now whan he had wasshen their fete, and taken his clothes, he sat him downe agayne, and sayde vnto the: Wote ye what I haue done vnto you? ¹³ Ye call me master and LORDE, and ye saye right therin, for so I am. ¹⁴ Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue wasshen youre fete, ye ought also to wash one anothers fete. ¹⁵ I haue geue you an ensample, that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you. ¹⁶ Verely verely I saye vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde, nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him. ¹⁷ Yf ye knowe these thinges, blessed are ye yf ye do them.

¹² For the hadreachinge of this colleccion not onely suppleeth the nede off the sayntes, but also is abudaunt herin, that for this laudable mynistracion many mighte geue thakes vnto God, ¹³ and prayse God for yor obedient professynge of the Gospell of Christ, & for yor synglenesse in distributynge vnto the, and to all men,

⁶ and haue dyuers giftes, acordinge to the grace that is geuen vnto vs Yf eny man haue the gifte of prophecienge, let it be acordinge to the faith. ⁷ Let him that hath an office, wayte vpo the office: let him that teacheth, take hede to the doctryne:

²⁸ He that hath stollen, let him steale nomore: but let him laboure rather, and do some good with his hondes, that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth.

²³ What so euer ye do, do it hertely, euen as vnto the LORDE and not vnto men. ²⁴ And be sure, that of the LORDE ye shal receaue the rewarde of ye enheritaunce: For ye serue the LORDE Christ.

¹⁰ For God is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed in his name, whan ye mynistred vnto the sayntes, and yet mynister. ¹¹ Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende, ¹² that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.

¹⁸ Ye & a man might saye: Thou hast faith, and I haue dedes: Shewe me thy faith by thy dedes: and I wil shewe the my faith by my dedes.

¹⁰ yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie, and refre?shest ye troubled soule: Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone daye.

²⁶ It shal not be so amonge you. But whoso euer wyl be greate amonge you, let him be youre mynister: ²⁷ & who soeuer wyl be chefe, let him be youre seruaunt: ²⁸ Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

³⁵ For I was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye lodged me: ³⁶ I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye vysited me: I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shal the righteous answere him, & saye: LORDE, whe sawe we the hogrie, and fed the? Or thirstie, and gaue the drynke? ³⁸ When sawe we the herbourlesse, and lodged the? Or naked, and clothed ye? ³⁹ Or whe sawe we ye sicke or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me.

⁴⁵ For the sonne of man also came not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redempcion for many.

¹³ But brethre, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

¹⁰ & mynister one to another, eueryone with the gifte yt he hath receaued, as good stewardes of the manifolde grace of God.

⁹ Be ye herberous one to another without grudginge, ¹⁰ & mynister one to another, eueryone with the gifte yt he hath receaued, as good stewardes of the manifolde grace of God. ¹¹ Yf eny ma speake, let hi speake it as ye wordes of God. Yf eny man haue an office, let him execute it as out of the power yt God mynistreth vnto hi, yt God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ, To who be honor and domynion for euer and euer Amen.