Verse 27

'And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.'

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  • Mark 9:33-35 : 33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the way?' 34 But they kept silent, because on the way they had been arguing about who was the greatest. 35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.'
  • Luke 22:26 : 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and those of my companions. 35 In all this, I have shown you that by working hard in this way, we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Rom 1:14 : 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to non-Greeks, both to the wise and to the foolish.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. 22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
  • Matt 18:4 : 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?