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 throw the good-for-nothing slave out into the darkness on the outside, where he will weep and grind his teeth.'
Romans 3:12
They all have turned aside, all have become corrupt; No one does good, not even one!
Romans 11:35
Or who has ever advanced God anything to have Him pay him back?
1 Corinthians 9:16
For if I do preach the good news, I have no ground for boasting of it, for I cannot help doing it. Yes, indeed, I am accursed if I do not preach the good news.
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I belong to the lowest rank of the apostles, and am not fit to bear the title apostle, because I once persecuted the church of God.
Philippians 3:8
Yes, indeed, I certainly do count everything as loss compared with the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For His sake I have lost everything, and value it all as mere refuse, in order to gain Christ
Philemon 1:11
Once he proved to be useless, but now he is useful to you and me;
1 Peter 5:5
You younger men, on your part, must be submissive to the elders. And you must all put on the servant's apron of humility to one another, because God opposes the haughty but bestows His unmerited favor on the humble.