Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Bible References
General references
Matthew 25:30
And cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness without. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Romans 3:12
they have all turned out of the way; they have alike become unprofitable; there is none that does good, not even one;
Romans 11:35
Or, who has first given to him, and received from him a recompense?
1 Corinthians 9:16
For though I preach the gospel, I have no cause for boasting; for a necessity is laid upon me; yes, alas for me, if I preach not the gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:8
Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,
Philemon 1:11
who, for some time, has been unprofitable to you, but now is very profitable to you and to me:
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, you younger, be in subjection to the older: do you all indeed be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.