25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

"Whoever is great among you shall be your minister;

"Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wishes to become great, shall be your minister,

"But you shall not be so. But he who is greater among you let him become like the younger; and he who is leader like him who serves.

Not so shall it be among you. On the contrary whoever would become great among you shall be your servant;

So he sat down and called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and the servant of all."

If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service.

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.

"And call no one 'Leader,' because One is your leader, even the Christ.

in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.

"A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.

Household slaves, submit yourselves to your masters in all reverence; not only to the kind and gentle, but also to the unreasonable.

"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

From Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for a gospel of God,

So when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to ask him to come and save his slave.

Jesus answered him. "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants have fought hard that I should not be handed the Jews; but in reality my kingdom is not of such origins."

The Lord's slave must not quarrel, but must be kind to all men; a skilful teacher, patient of wrong.

but Jesus called them to him and said: "You know how the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

"'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.'

Salute all your leaders and the saints. The brothers from Italy send you greeting.

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James. To those who are in God, the Father beloved, kept for Jesus Christ, and called.

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, and to the elders and deacons.

The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;

"But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a minister of the church at Cenchrae.

For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.