He who is greatest among you shall be your servant;
Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.
And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any one would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.