Bible Verses about โserving othersโ
The Bible contains 34 verses about serving others across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โEven so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.โ
โdoing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;โ
โ"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."โ
โeach of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.โ
โIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"โ
โAs each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.โ
โHe who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.โ
โfor I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.โ
โHave this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,โ
โ"The King will answer them, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'โ
โthat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,โ
โI was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.'โ
โFor you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.โ
โAnd being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.โ
โand that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.โ
โ"Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?โ
โWhen did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?โ
โWhen did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'โ
โbut emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.โ
โwho, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,โ
โTherefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;โ
โmake my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;โ
โBut he who is greatest among you will be your servant.โ
โFor the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."โ
โFor the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."โ
โIf there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,โ
โIf I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.โ
โIf anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.โ
โYou call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.โ
โSo when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?โ
โThe liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.โ
โWhoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.โ
โeven as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."โ
โHe sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."โ
