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 as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'
Romans 3:12
All have turned aside from the right path; they have every one of them become corrupt. There is no one who does what is right--no, not so much as one."
Romans 11:35
"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"
1 Corinthians 9:16
If I go on preaching the Good News, that is nothing for me to boast of; for the necessity is imposed upon me; and alas for me, if I fail to preach it!
1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.
Philippians 3:8
Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,
Philemon 1:11
Formerly he was useless to you, but now--true to his name--he is of great use to you and to me.
1 Peter 5:5
In the same way you younger men must submit to your elders; and all of you must gird yourselves with humility towards one another, for God sets Himself against the proud, but gives grace to the humble.