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
But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'
Romans 3:12
All have swerved from the right path; Every one of them has become corrupt. There is none that practices good, no, not one.
Romans 11:35
Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?
1 Corinthians 9:16
Proclaiming the gospel gives me no ground of boasting; for necessity is laid upon me; woe is me if I preach not the gospel.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, I who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:8
In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,
Philemon 1:11
Once you found him "unprofitable," but now he is "profitable" to you and to me.
1 Peter 5:5
You younger men must submit to the presbyters; and all of you must put on the garment of humility and serve one another, for God resists the haughty, But gives grace to the humble.