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 worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Romans 3:12
All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."
Romans 11:35
"Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion. For woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I count everything to be loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Philemon 1:11
Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise you that are younger men be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."