'Serving' in the Bible

And there were many women there, observing from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,

And it happened that [while] he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

and herself [as] a widow up to eighty-four years) who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day.

So they made him a dinner there, and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of the ones reclining at table with him.

And [while] they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

For David, [after] serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and {was buried with} his fathers, and experienced decay.

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews--

[He] ordered the centurion [for] him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own [people] [from] serving him.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

with the result that I am a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving the gospel of God as a priest, in order that the offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

But now I am traveling to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

serving with goodwill as to the Lord and not to people,

And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins.

to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same [things] which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which} angels desire to look.

Just as each one has received a gift, [use] it for serving one another, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.