Bible verses about "service" | Noyes

¹² So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and placed himself again at the table, he said to them, Know ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me the Teacher, and the Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one anothers feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Truly, truly do I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord, nor one who is sent greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

¹² for the ministration of this service not only supplieth the wants of the saints, but also overfloweth through many thanksgivings to God; ¹³ while by the proof afforded by this ministration they glorify God for your obedience to your profession in regard to the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution in regard to them and in regard to all;

⁶ Having then gifts which dither according to the grace which hath been bestowed upon us, if we have prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; ⁷ or if service, let us attend to the service; he that teacheth, let him attend to teaching;

²⁸ Let him that stealeth steal no more, but rather let him labor, working with his hands at that which is good, that he may have to give to him that is in need.

²³ Whatever ye do, do it from the heart, as to the Lord, and not to men, ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the recompense of the inheritance; serve Christ as your Lord.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust so as to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and are still ministering to the saints. ¹¹ But we earnestly desire that every one of you may show the same diligence with regard to the full assurance of your hope even to the end; ¹² that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.

¹⁸ But some one will say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith without works, and I will show thee my faith by my works.

²⁶ Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desireth to become great among you, will be your minister; ²⁷ and whoever desireth to be first among you, will be your servant; ²⁸ even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

³⁵ For I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; ³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me. ³⁷ Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ or when did we see thee sick, or in prison, and come to thee? ⁴⁰ And the king will answer and say to them, Truly do I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.

⁴⁵ for even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

¹³ For ye, brethren, were called to liberty; only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by your love serve one another.

¹⁰ According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grudging. ¹⁰ According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹ If any one speak, let him speak as uttering the oracles of God; if any minister, let him do it as from the ability which God giveth; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.