being a servant
What does the Bible say about being a servant? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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26If anyone serves me, let him follow me. And where I am, there too my minister shall be. If anyone has served me, my Father will honor him.
13For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.
45So, too, the Son of man has not come so that they would minister to him, but so that he would minister and would give his life as a redemption for many.”
42But Jesus, calling them, said to them: “You know that those who seem to be leaders among the Gentiles dominate them, and their leaders exercise authority over them. 43But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, whoever would become greater shall be your minister; 44and whoever will be first among you shall be the servant of all. 45So, too, the Son of man has not come so that they would minister to him, but so that he would minister and would give his life as a redemption for many.”
16Amen, amen, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.
12Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
35And taking a child, he set him in their midst. And when he had embraced him, he said to them:
1Accordingly, let man consider us to be ministers of Christ and attendants of the mysteries of God. 2Here and now, it is required of attendants that each one be found to be faithful.
21His lord said to him: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many things. Enter into the gladness of your lord.’
15Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
26It shall not be this way among you. But whoever will want to be greater among you, let him be your minister.
10For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
5For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus: 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized. 7Instead, he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and accepting the state of a man.