25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

He who is greatest among you must be your servant.

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

not so with you. He who is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and he who is chief like a servant.

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

So he sat down and called the twelve. "If anyone wants to be first," he said to them, "he must be last of all and the servant of all."

if it is practical service, let us mind our service; the teacher must mind his teaching,

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the word of God to you; look back upon the close of their career, and copy their faith.

nor must you be called 'leaders,' for One is your leader, even the Christ.

for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

Servants, be submissive to your masters with perfect respect, not simply to those who are kind and reasonable but to the surly as well ??19 for it is a merit when from a sense of God one bears the pain of unjust suffering.

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

so, when the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and make his servant well.

Jesus replied, "My realm does not belong to this world; if my realm did belong to this world, my men would have fought to prevent me being handed over to the Jews. No, my realm lies elsewhere."

And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries;

but Jesus called them and said, "You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men overbear them:

His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.'

Salute all your leaders and all the saints. The Italians salute you.

Judas, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:

PAUL and Timotheus, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, as well as to the bishops and deacons:

Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

Let me introduce our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;

are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.