11 Bible Verses About Servanthood
11 Bible verses about Servanthood to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
The Son of Man himself came, not so that others would serve him, but to serve them and to give his life as the ransom price for many.”
It is the same with the Son of Man. He did not come so that others would wait on him. He came to serve them, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
What I gave you was an example, so that you also would do as I have done for you.
Rather, he emptied himself, taking on the form of a servant and coming to share the likeness of human beings. And when he was found in outward form as a human being,
You were called to be free, brothers and sisters. Only do not let your freedom become an opening for the flesh. Instead, through love, be slaves to one another.
Whoever is greatest among you will be the one who serves you.
Each of you has received a gift; use it to serve one another, as good managers of the richly varied grace of God.
He sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of everyone and the servant of everyone.”
Think about it: who is greater, the guest who lies at the table, or the one who serves the meal? Surely the one at the table. Yet here I am among you as the one who serves.
If serving the LORD seems wrong to you, then make your choice today. Whom will you serve? The gods your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, whose land you now live in? My household and I will serve the LORD.”
Whatever you are doing, put your whole self into the work, as for the Lord and not for people, knowing that you will receive from the Lord the inheritance as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you serve as slaves.