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Bible Verses about “servanthood”

The Bible contains 50 verses about servanthood across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Philippians 2:3
476 votes

“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”

Philippians 2:4
392 votes

“each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”

John 13:34
378 votes

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.”

Colossians 3:17
349 votes

“Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.”

1 Peter 2:16
281 votes

“as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.”

John 13:35
271 votes

“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."”

Ephesians 5:21
234 votes

“subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.”

Philippians 2:5
216 votes

“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,”

Philippians 2:10
180 votes

“that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,”

Philippians 2:8
157 votes

“And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.”

Philippians 2:11
157 votes

“and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Philippians 2:14
157 votes

“Do all things without murmurings and disputes,”

Philippians 2:7
153 votes

“but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.”

Philippians 2:6
147 votes

“who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,”

Philippians 2:9
147 votes

“Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;”

Philippians 2:13
138 votes

“For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.”

Philippians 2:2
132 votes

“make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;”

Philippians 2:15
122 votes

“that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,”

Mark 10:45
114 votes

“For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."”

Philippians 2:1
100 votes

“If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,”

John 13:15
95 votes

“For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”

John 13:14
89 votes

“If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.”

Philippians 2:12
89 votes

“So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”

Philippians 2:16
84 votes

“holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.”

John 13:16
83 votes

“Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.”

John 13:13
79 votes

“You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.”

Philippians 2:21
79 votes

“For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.”

John 13:8
78 votes

“Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me."”

John 13:12
73 votes

“So 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?”

John 13:7
70 votes

“Jesus answered him, "You don't know what I am doing now, but you will understand later."”

John 13:3
68 votes

“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,”

John 13:4
68 votes

“arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.”

John 13:5
68 votes

“Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.”

John 13:17
68 votes

“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.”

John 13:9
65 votes

“Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"”

John 13:6
64 votes

“Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"”

John 13:2
63 votes

“During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,”

John 12:26
61 votes

“If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”

John 13:1
60 votes

“Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”

John 13:10
60 votes

“Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."”

John 13:11
60 votes

“For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, "You are not all clean."”

John 13:18
60 votes

“I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'”

Philippians 2:17
57 votes

“Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.”

Philippians 2:19
57 votes

“But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered up when I know how you are doing.”

Philippians 2:20
57 votes

“For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.”

Philippians 2:22
57 votes

“But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.”

Philippians 2:23
57 votes

“Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it will go with me.”

Philippians 2:24
57 votes

“But I trust in the Lord that I myself also will come shortly.”

John 13:19
55 votes

“From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.”

John 13:20
55 votes

“Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."”

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