But he who is greater among you must be your servant.
Neither are you to be called instructors, for there is one who is your instructor, the Christ.
So Jesus sat down, called the twelve over, and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and a servant to all.”
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, in order to win as many as possible.
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so, with far more labors, with beatings beyond measure, with far more imprisonments, and often facing death.
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another in love.