29 Bible Verses about Service

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2 Corinthians 9:13

through the approval of this ministry, glorifying God in the submission of your testimony to the gospel of Christ, and the purity of your fellowship unto them and unto all;

1 Corinthians 16:15

But I exhort you, brethren; (know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),

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required Expression » Different forms of religious expression required » Service

Humble » Penitence, examples of » Service

John 12:3

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh.

Matthew 10:42

And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

Acts 20:18-19

And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time, serving the Lord with all humility, and tears, and temptations, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews:

Service » Reluctant spiritual » God demands

Service » What not to serve

Service » Test » Timely

Mark 14:8

She did what she could: she came aforehand to anoint my body for the burial.

Matthew 8:15

And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and began to minister unto them.

Philippians 2:25

But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, and apostle and the minister of my necessity;

2 Timothy 1:18

May the Lord grant unto him to find mercy with the Lord in that day. And so many things as he ministered in Ephesus, you know better.

1 Corinthians 16:17

But I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: because they have supplied your deficiency:

Service » Half-hearted » Indifferent

Service » Obedient power for » Preparation for

2 Corinthians 9:2

For I know your promptitude, of which I am boasting to the Macedonians in your behalf, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has aroused many.

2 Timothy 2:21

Therefore if any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, having been sanctified, well pleasing to the Lord, having been prepared unto every good work.

2 Corinthians 8:19

not only so, but having been elected by the churches our traveling companion with this philanthropy, administered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and your promptitude:

More verses: 1 Peter 3:15

Service » The reward for serving the lord

More verses: Exodus 23:25-27

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Joy in, found by the faithful

Acts 11:23

Who, coming, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and continued to exhort all, with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord:

More verses: Psalm 100:2 John 4:36

Service » Reluctant spiritual » To be rendered to Christ

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the one having been called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman: likewise the one having been called, while free, is the slave of Christ.

Service » What cannot be served together

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what participation is there to righteousness and unrighteousness? or what fellowship has light unto darkness? What concord of Christ unto Belial? or what part has a faithful man with an infidel? And what harmony has the temple of God with idols? for we are the temple of the living God; as God said; I will live in them, and walk about among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

1 Corinthians 10:20-22

But those things which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. But I do not wish you to be the communicants of demons. You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you are not able to partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? whether are we stronger than he?

Service » Test » Undivided, required by the lord

Service » How to serve the lord

Romans 7:4-6

So, my brethren, ye are dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye should be married to another, to him who is risen from the dead, in order that we may bring forth fruit unto God. For when we were in carnality, the emotions of sins, which were through the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But now we have been made free from the law, being dead in that in which we were held; so that we serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Service » The duty of serving men » Performed in humility

John 12:3

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh.

Matthew 10:42

And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

Acts 20:18-19

And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time, serving the Lord with all humility, and tears, and temptations, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews:

Service » Half-hearted » Humble

John 12:3

Then Mary taking a pound of myrrh of spikenard, estimated very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the myrrh.

Matthew 10:42

And whosoever may give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you, He can not lose his reward.

Acts 20:18-19

And when they came to him, he said to them, You know, that from the first day from which I came unto Asia, how I was with you all the time, serving the Lord with all humility, and tears, and temptations, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews:

Service » The duty of serving men » It lightens life's burdens

Service » Christ's encouraged » It lightens life's burdens

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Paul and silas in responding to the macedonian call

Acts 16:10

And when he saw the vision, we immediately sought to depart into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Galatians 1:16

to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Paul after his conversion

Acts 9:20

and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

Acts 10:29

Therefore indeed, being sent for, I came unhesitatingly. Then I make inquiry for what word did you send for me?

Service » The reward for not serving the lord

Service » Half-hearted » Jehoshaphat's subjects

Service » Who shall serve the lord

Service » Half-hearted » Amaziah

Service » Test » It was established in israel

Service » Who serves God

Revelation 7:9-15

After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands; and they are crying with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, the one sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the elders, and the four living creatures, and fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, read more.
saying, Amen: blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and strength, to our God unto the ages of the ages: Amen. And one of the elders responded, to me saying, Who are these who are clothed in white robes, and whence came they? And I said unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me; These are those coming up out of great tribulation, who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. On account of this they are before the throne of God, and they worship him day and night in his temple, and the one sitting upon the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.

Service » Half-hearted » Joash

Service » Test » It will be applied in determining man's final destiny

Matthew 25:35-36

For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in; was naked, and ye clothed me: was sick, and ye visited me: was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Service » Test » King saul was condemned by it

Service » Who served the creature more than the creator

Romans 1:18-25

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God has revealed it to them: for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse: read more.
because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened. Saying that they were wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the invisible God into the similitude of the likeness of corruptible man, and of birds, and of quadrupeds, and of creeping things. Therefore God gave them up, in the lusts of their hearts, to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for evermore: amen.

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Elisha

Service » The duty of serving men » It exemplifies neighbourliness

Luke 10:36-37

Which one of these three seems to you to have been the neighbor of him who fell among the thieves? And he said, The one having done mercy with him. And Jesus said to him, Go, thou, and do likewise.

Service » The duty of serving men » It ennobles life

Mark 10:43-44

But it is not so among you: but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant: and whosoever of you may wish to be first, shall be the slave of all:

Service » Christ's encouraged » It exemplifies neighbourliness

Luke 10:36-37

Which one of these three seems to you to have been the neighbor of him who fell among the thieves? And he said, The one having done mercy with him. And Jesus said to him, Go, thou, and do likewise.

Service » Christ's encouraged » The duty of serving men

Mark 10:43-44

But it is not so among you: but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant: and whosoever of you may wish to be first, shall be the slave of all:

Service » Unquestioning » Elisha

Service » Half-hearted » Judah

Service » Half-hearted » Jehu

Service » Unrealized » Of barnabas in going after paul

Acts 11:25-26

And he went away to Tarsus, to hunt up Saul: and having found him, led him to Antioch. And it happened unto them, a whole year indeed they assembled in the church, and taught a great multitude: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Service » Unrealized » Of the righteous

Service » Unrealized » Of mary

Matthew 26:12

For she pouring this myrrh on my body, did it in order to my burial.

Service » Unquestioning » Noah

Service » Test » It excludes mere professors of religion from the kingdom

Service » The duty of serving men » It demonstrates love

John 21:16

Again He says to him a second time, Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me with divine love? He says to Him; Thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Shepherdize my sheeplings.

Service » The duty of serving men » It is Christlike

John 13:14

If then I, your Lord and Master, washed your feet, you ought also to wash the feet of one another.

Service » Christ's encouraged » It demonstrates love

John 21:16

Again He says to him a second time, Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me with divine love? He says to Him; Thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Shepherdize my sheeplings.

Service » Christ's encouraged » It is Christlike

John 13:14

If then I, your Lord and Master, washed your feet, you ought also to wash the feet of one another.

Service » Unquestioning » Isaiah

Service » Unquestioning » David

Service » Half-hearted » Israel

Service » Unrealized » Of the poor widow

Mark 12:44

For all they of that which abounds unto them cast in; but she of her scarcity cast in all things so many as she had, all her living.

Service » Test » Christ applies it in the parable of the good samaritan

Luke 10:37

And he said, The one having done mercy with him. And Jesus said to him, Go, thou, and do likewise.

Service » Test » It reveals the quality of love

John 21:17

He says to him a third time; Simon, the son of Jonah, do you love me as a friend? Peter was grieved, because He said to him the third time, Do you love me as a friend? And he says to Him, Lord, thou knowest all things; and thou dost understand that I love thee as a friend. He says to Him, Feed my sheeplings.

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Peter's mother-in-law

Luke 4:39

And He, standing over her, rebuked the fever; and dismissed it; and immediately, having stood up, she continued to minister unto them.

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Peter and andrew

Mark 1:18

And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Zacchaeus

Service » Unquestioning » Christ

Service » Unrealized » Of andrew in bringing peter to jesus

John 1:42

He led him to Jesus. Jesus looking upon him said; Thou art Simon the Son of Jonah, thou shalt be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).

Service » Unquestioning » Paul

Acts 9:6

But stand up, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.

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Galatians 2:9

and having known the grace of God which was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, who seem to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

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