Quotes about Servanthood
He must increase; I must decrease.
- John 3:30
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- John 15:15
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
- Acts 13:25
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
- 2 Corinthians 4:5
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 3:7
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
- Ephesians 5:21
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
- Philippians 2:5
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- Philippians 2:7
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- Philippians 2:8
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
- Hebrews 10:7
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
- 1 Peter 2:21
If Jesus had to suffer, why would we think ourselves exempt? After all, as He explained, "a disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master" (Matthew 10:24).
- David Jeremiah