Quotes About Service

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

For I testify about him that he goes to great pains for you and for those at Laodicea and Hierapolis.

Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more

But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.

nor did we eat anyoneís food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.

This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.