Servanthood

Servants of God in the OT

Abraham

Genesis 18:5 NASB95

and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant.” And they said, “So do, as you have said.”

See also ; ; ;

Moses

Exodus 14:31 NASB95

When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses.

See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Judges 2:8 NASB95

Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred and ten.

See also

David

2 Samuel 3:18 NASB95

“Now then, do it! For the Lord has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

See also ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Jesus Christ and servanthood

Jesus Christ’s teaching on servanthood

Matthew 6:24 NASB95

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

See also ; ; ; ;

Parables on servanthood

; ; ; ;

Servants of God in the NT

Acts 16:17 NASB95

Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”

See also ; ; ;

Paul as a servant

A servant of God

Romans 15:17 NASB95

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

See also ; ;

A servant of Jesus Christ

Romans 1:1 NASB95

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

See also ;

A servant of the gospel

Ephesians 3:7 NASB95

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

See also

A servant of the church

2 Corinthians 4:5 NASB95

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.

See also ;

Christian servanthood

Gifts of service

1 Peter 4:10 NASB95

As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

See also ; ; ;

Examples of service

Romans 12:11 NASB95

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

See also ; ; ;

1 Peter 5:2 NASB95

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

See also

The office of deacon was seen as a serving role:

;