Bible verses about "service" | Rotherham

¹² When, therefore, he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and reclined, again said he unto them––Are ye taking note, what I have done unto you? ¹³ Ye, call me, The Teacher, and, The Lord,––and, well, say, for I am. ¹⁴ If then, I, have washed your feet,––[I] The Lord, and, The Teacher, ye also, ought to wash, one another’s, feet; ¹⁵ For, an example, have I given you,––that, just as, I, did unto you, ye also, should be doing. ¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you––A servant is not greater than his lord, neither one sent forth greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ If, these things, ye know, happy, are ye, if ye be doing them.

⁶ Now, having gifts of favour, according to the favour given unto us, differing––whether prophesying, [let us use it] according to the proportion of our faith, ⁷ Or ministering, [use it] in our ministering, or he that teacheth, [let him use his gift] in his teaching,

¹² Because, the ministry of this public service, is not only towards filling up the deficiencies of the saints, but also superabounding, through the thanksgiving of many, unto God,–– ¹³ [Of many] who, through the proof of this ministry, are glorifying God for your acknowledged submission unto the glad–message of the Christ, and for the liberality of the fellowship, unto them, and unto all,––

²⁸ Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling,––working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have [wherewith] to be giving away to him that hath need;

²³ Whatsoever ye may be doing, from the soul, be working at it, as unto the Lord, and not unto men,–– ²⁴ Knowing that, from the Lord, ye shall duly receive the recompense of the inheritance,––unto the Lord Christ, are ye in service;

¹⁰ For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering, ¹¹ But we covet that, each one of you, be shewing forth the same diligence, unto the full assurance of the hope throughout: ¹² In order that, not slothful, ye may become, but imitators of them who, through faith and patience, were becoming heirs of the promises.

¹⁸ But one will say,––Thou, hast faith, and, I, have works, show me thy faith apart from thy works, and, I, unto thee, will shew, by my works, my faith.

¹⁰ And shalt let thine own soul, go out to the hungry, And, the soul of the oppressed, thou shalt satisfy, Then shall break forth, in darkness, thy light, And, thy thick darkness, [become] as the splendour of noon;

²⁶ Not so, is it, among you,––but, whosoever shall desire, among you, to become, great, shall be, your minister; ²⁷ And, whosoever shall desire, among you, to be first, shall be, your servant:–– ²⁸ Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.

³⁵ For I hungered, and ye gave me to eat, I thirsted, and ye gave me drink, a stranger, was I, and ye took me home, ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me, sick, and ye visited me, in prison, was I, and ye came unto 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 home, or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ And, when, saw we thee––sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you––Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it.

⁴⁵ For, even the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but minister,––and to give his life, a ransom instead of many.

¹³ For, ye, on a footing of freedom, were called, brethren,––only, [turn] not your freedom into an occasion to the flesh, but, by means of your love, be serving one another;

¹⁰ Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God:

⁹ Showing hospitality one to another without murmuring,–– ¹⁰ Each one, according as he hath received a gift of favour, unto one another, ministering the same, as careful stewards of the manifold favour of God: ¹¹ If any one speaketh, as oracles of God, if any one ministereth, as of strength which, God, supplieth,––that, in all things, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,––unto whom are the glory and the dominion, unto the ages of ages. Amen!