Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is freed from the marriage bond.

So if she marries another man while her husband is living, she is called an adulteress, but if he dies, she is free from that marriage bond, so that she will not be an adulteress though later married to another man.

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

For none of us liveth his own servant: and also neither doth any of us die his own servant.

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae: