serving
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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.”
10Just as each of you has received grace, minister in the same way to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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.
11in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
7Serve with good will, as to the Lord, and not to men.
15But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
10For God is not unjust, such that he would forget your work and the love that you have shown in his name. For you have ministered, and you continue to minister, to the saints.
35And taking a child, he set him in their midst. And when he had embraced him, he said to them:
58And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not useless in the Lord.
24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
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.
28even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many.”
5And may you continue to observe attentively, and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed to you, so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments, and cling to him, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
24Therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and from your whole heart. For you have seen the great works that he has done among you.