25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But the greatest of you shall be your servant,

But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister;

But you shall not be so. But let the greater among you be as the younger, and the chief as he that serves.

but it shall not be so with you. But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister;

And he sat down and called the twelve, and said to them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall he last of all, and a servant of all.

if a service [let us labor] in the service, if one teaches, in teaching,

Remember your guides who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the end of their life follow the faith.

Neither be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.

for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ,

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse.

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

PAUL, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to the gospel of God,??2 which he promised by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,??3 concerning his Son born of the posterity of David as to the flesh,

and he hearing of Jesus, sent to him the elders of the Jews, asking him to come and cure his servant.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom had been of this world my officers would have fought for me, that I should not be given up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not here.

and the servant of the Lord must not contend, but must be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them; but it shall not be so among you.

His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord.

Salute all your guides and all the saints. Those from Italy salute you.

JUDAS, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the beloved in God the Father, and the called who are kept by Jesus Christ.

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

It is necessary therefore that a bishop should be blameless, a husband of one wife, circumspect, sober, well-behaved, hospitable, apt to teach,

But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred denarii [$14], and seizing him, he choked him, saying, Pay what you owe me.

AND I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of the church in Cenchrea,

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.