29 Bible Verses about Service
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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;
not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the soul;
They will put you out of the synagogues: but the hour is coming, that every one killing you may think he is offering service to God.
unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:
Because the ministry of this free-will offering is not only supplying the deficiencies of the saints, but also superabounding through much thanksgiving to God;
having cast all your care upon him; because there is a care to him concerning you.
For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's farm; ye are God's building.
not slothful in business; boiling over in spirit; serving the Lord;
Are not all these ministering spirits, having been sent forth unto ministration for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?
but there is to us one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we in him.
but if any one does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
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),
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you.
For you were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.
I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service:
looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.
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Humble » Penitence, examples of » Service
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.
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.
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
Therefore receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear:
So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Service » What not to serve
Service » Test » Timely
And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and began to minister unto them.
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;
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.
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
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.
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.
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:
shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.
Remind them to submit to the governments, authorities, to obey the rule over them, to be ready unto every good work,
Service » The reward for serving the lord
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Joy in, found by the faithful
And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subordinated to us in thy name.
Who, coming, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and continued to exhort all, with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord:
Service » Reluctant spiritual » To be rendered to Christ
Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
If any one may minister unto me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my minister be: if any one may minister unto me, the Father will honor him.
not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the soul;
knowing that you will receive the recompense of the inheritance from the Lord. Serve the Lord Christ;
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
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.
No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
No servant is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
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
No servant is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
If having fallen down thou mayest worship me: then Jesus says to him, Get behind me, Satan; for it has been written; Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.
Service » How to serve the lord
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Service » Christ's encouraged » It lightens life's burdens
Then therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Paul and silas in responding to the macedonian call
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.
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
and immediately he was preaching Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
Service » The duty of serving men » It demonstrates love
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Zacchaeus
And hastening, he came down, and received Him rejoicing.
Service » Unquestioning » Christ
Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.
Service » Unrealized » Of andrew in bringing peter to jesus
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
But stand up, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behooves thee to do.
Topics on Service
Blessed In Service
Matthew 24:46Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing.
Call To Service
Acts 13:2And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Fellowship, In Christian Service
Galatians 2:9and 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;
Military Service
2 Timothy 2:4No one operating as a soldier is entangled with the affairs of life; in order that he may please his commander.
Service To God
Matthew 6:24No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
Unquestioning Service
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I may do the will of Him that sent me, and finish His work.
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