Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
Lord. For the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made known all these great promises.
I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.
In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.
Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.