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
As for the useless servant, 'put him out into the darkness' outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'
Romans 3:12
They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good-no, not one!'
Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, so that he may claim a recompense?'
1 Corinthians 9:16
If I tell the Good News, I have nothing to boast of, for I can but do so. Woe is me if I do not tell it!
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the meanest of the Apostles, I who am unworthy of the name of 'Apostle,' because I persecuted the Church of God.
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;
Philemon 1:11
Once he was of little service to you, but now he has become of great service, not only to you, but to me as well;
1 Peter 5:5
Again, you younger men should show deference to the older. And all of you should put on the badge of humility in mutual service, for 'God is opposed to the proud, but gives his help to the humble.'