John 12:26
12:26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow
me, and where I am, my servant will be too.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Romans 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
Romans 14:18
14:18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
Romans 14:1
Exhortation to Mutual Forbearance
14:1 Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.
Colossians 1:22
1:22 but now he has reconciled you
by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –
Galatians 1:10
1:10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people,
or of God? Or am I trying to please people?
If I were still trying to please
people,
I would not be a slave
of Christ!
Ephesians 6:6
6:6 not like those who do their work only when someone is watching
– as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
Ephesians 6:2
6:2 “
Honor your father and mother,”
which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Jude 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.