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SERVITEUR

(hébreu èbèd, naar, mecharéth ; grec doulos, païs, thérapôn, leitourgos, diaconos, latreûs)

doulos, voir Esclave ;

païs, c-à-d, enfant, est employé par extension pour les serviteurs et les esclaves envisagés comme appartenant à la famille :

les serviteurs d'Hérode (Mt 14:2), David serviteur de Dieu (Lu 1:69, Ac 4:25), Jésus en tant que Messie (Mt 12:18, Ac 3:13,26 4:27 30).
thérapôn n'est employé qu'une fois (Heb 3:5), pour désigner Moïse, serviteur, en tant qu'administrateur de la maison de Dieu (équiv, à leitourgos dans Heb 8:2, cf. Mt 24:45, Lu 12:42) ;

leitourgos, serviteur, ministre, plutôt dans le sens d'un service public (Heb 8:2, Ro 13:6), d'un sacerdoce (Ro 15:16, cf. Heb 1:7) ;

diaconos, employé surtout dans les épîtres de Paul et dans les Actes pour désigner un office se rapportant à l'activité pour Christ (1Th 3:2,1Co 3:5,2Co 3:6 6:4 11:23, Eph 3:7, Col 1:7,23,25 4:7 1Ti 4:6, cf. Jn 12:26), ou à un ministère de charité (Phi 1:1,1Ti 3:8,12, Ac 6:3, cf. Mt 4:11 où il est question du ministère des anges), d'où le mot et la fonction de diacre ;

latreûs n'est pas employé dans le N.T., mais le mot latreïa et le verbe latreueïn s'y retrouvent plusieurs fois pour indiquer le service de Dieu dans ses attributions morales, religieuses et cultuelles (Ro 9:4, Heb 9:1 Ro 12:1, où le mot est employé par opposition au service des idoles, cf. 1Ma 1:43 etc.) : cependant, traduire latreïa par « culte » au lieu de « service », c'est rétrécir la notion renfermée dans le texte et courir le risque de laisser croire que le service de Dieu peut s'enfermer dans la dévotion cultuelle. Ainsi, dans Mt 4:10 (qui vient directement de De 6:13) et dans Ro 12:1, le mot service répond mieux que le mot culte à l'idée exprimée dans le grec.

De tous ces textes et d'autres qu'on aurait pu citer, ressort le fait que la notion de servir, de serviteur, est une des données les plus importantes de la Bible, un mot d'ordre nouveau.

Notre humanité, dont l'origine est dans une rébellion de la créature contre les ordres du Créateur, confond volontiers le service avec la servitude. Servir, pour elle, c'est s'abaisser, s'asservir. « Ni Dieu ni maître ! » Cette formule moderne d'un sentiment qui est vieux comme le monde s'explique par le fait que le « service » a commencé dans la société humaine par l'esclavage, continué par le servage, et que l'Église, dans son histoire, a fait tout ce qui dépendait d'elle pour accréditer l'idée que Dieu protège les grands au détriment des petits. Le discrédit qui s'attache au mot servir n'en vient pas moins d'une fausse notion de la liberté ; ou, si l'on veut, d'une confusion entre la liberté véritable et une façon erronée de comprendre l'égalité. En dépit des mauvais bergers, le bon sens populaire se rend fort bien compte qu'une armée ne peut pas se composer que de généraux ni une usine ne renfermer que des directeurs. Il en est du corps social comme du corps humain. On ne peut s'y passer ni d'un cerveau qui pense ni de membres qui agissent sous son impulsion. Mais si le cerveau se comportait vis-à-vis des membres comme se comportent dans la société ceux qui commandent vis-à-vis de ceux qui obéissent, il n'y aurait pas sur la terre un seul corps en forme et en santé. Voilà pourquoi les chrétiens authentiques ne peuvent prendre leur parti de l'état de choses qui régit l'ensemble des hommes.

Mais ici, le point de vue de l'humanité selon l'Esprit est tout l'opposé du point de vue de l'humanité selon la chair. Celle-ci voudrait supprimer le service ; celle-là veut l'étendre à tous. Bien loin de voir dans le service un abaissement, une servitude, elle y voit une marque de grandeur et une source d'affranchissement. Il est frappant de voir la Bible, --écrite dans un milieu où régnait l'esclavage, où les mots serviteur et domestique sont dans la plupart des cas tant dans l'A. T, que dans le N.T. synonymes d'esclave--, établir des lois, formuler des revendications, développer une religion qui d'un bout à l'autre ont pour fondement la notion du service pour tous et l'égalité morale de tous les serviteurs devant Dieu.

La Bible ne flatte point l'homme ; elle ne l'illusionne pas. Elle lui dit que la créature déchue n'est pas libre par nature. Qu'elle a été créée par un Dieu bon, qu'elle a été déroutée par un pouvoir malfaisant, qu'elle n'a d'autre liberté que de choisir qui elle veut servir : l'infernal suggesteur qui achèvera de la perdre en la corrompant, ou le Créateur qui l'a faite à son image et qui la rétablira dans la liberté des enfants de Dieu en lui rendant le Saint-Esprit, si elle le sert avec fidélité. Ayant ainsi posé l'alternative du service humain, Jéhovah choisit pour la divine expérience le peuple d'Israël dont il entreprend l'éducation. L'histoire d'Israël n'est pas autre chose qu'un drame de service ; Israël est béni ou châtié suivant qu'il sert ou ne sert pas le Dieu bon qui l'appelle à être l'entraîneur de tous les peuples dans la voie du bien. La révélation aux patriarches, appelés serviteurs de Dieu (Ge 15:1,6 28:20-22 De 9:27), n'est pas autre chose qu'une révélation de service. Point de contenu nouveau de religion ou de morale ; ceci sera plus tard l'affaire de Moïse.

Pour le moment, Dieu ne demande à ses premiers témoins que la marche par la foi : « Quitte ton pays, ta patrie..., va dans le pays que je te montrerai..., et je te bénirai. » La récompense va toute à la fidélité du serviteur (Ge 12:1 17:3 28:20 et suivant, De 9:27). Moïse apporte aux tribus fugitives les principes religieux et moraux dans un décalogue qui fonde le droit divin sur le service rendu par Jéhovah aux enfants de Jacob (Ex 20) ; il ajoute à ses lois le commandement de l'amour : amour pour Dieu (De 6:5), amour pour le prochain (Le 19:18). L'amour est le nerf du service. Pour bien servir, il faut aimer (Jésus a fixé les rapports de l'amour et du service dans Jn 14:15-21). L'Israélite est donc par définition le serviteur de Jéhovah (De 10:12, Jos 24:14,1Sa 12:20 etc.). Serviteurs de Jéhovah, les Hébreux se doivent des services mutuels (Ex 20:12,26 Ex 21 Ex 22).

Les prophètes, développant la doctrine du service, montrent que dans la religion de Jéhovah, le Père du peuple élu, devoirs filiaux et devoirs fraternels sont inséparables (Am 5 Am 8, Os 4 et Os 5, Mic 6 et Mic 7, Esa 1, Jer 2, etc.). Israël doit même étendre ses services aux étrangers, à toute personne qui est dans le dénuement (Le 19:33, De 24:10 et suivants, etc.), car Jéhovah est aussi le Père de tous les hommes (Am 9:7, Mal 1:11) et veut que par l'exemple d'Israël toutes les nations arrivent à le servir (Esa 56:6 19:23 et suivants). En Israël, la vie fraternelle entre ceux qui possèdent et ceux qui ne possèdent pas, entre ceux qui commandent et ceux qui obéissent, doit être telle que personne ne doit souffrir de la pauvreté (De 15:4) ; et cette coopération dans le service mutuel ne doit pas avoir une cause intéressée comme ce fut le cas au Moyen âge pour l'amélioration du sort de l'état de servage depuis l'édit de Louis le Hutin en 1315 ; elle doit être inspirée par les sentiments du coeur et tout spécialement par la reconnaissance envers Dieu, qui depuis la sortie d'Egypte rend tous les jours à son peuple des services magnifiques (De 4:7 5:15, Os 2:10, Ps 116:12). Enfin la prophétie, se dépassant elle-même, annonce que l'oeuvre suprême de la compassion de Dieu sera la manifestation du Serviteur de Jéhovah (voir art.), dont le service sera de se dévouer, de souffrir, de mourir pour apporter à l'humanité, par son sacrifice volontaire, la lumière, la délivrance, le salut (Esa 42:1,9 52:13-53:12, cf. Ac 3:13-26 4:27 et suivants, Mt 12:17 et suivant).

Jésus paraît. Il vient, Fils unique de Dieu (Jn 3:16) porteur du message de réconciliation. Décidé à ramener les hommes dans le service de Dieu, mais décidé aussi à n'employer pour accomplir son oeuvre sainte que des moyens de sainteté, il se présente « non pour être servi, mais pour servir » (Mt 20:28). Serviteur parfait de son Père et serviteur parfait de ses frères, il parle, il agit, il censure, il appelle, il court le risque suprême (méditer le « peut-être » de la parabole des vignerons, Lu 20:13). Si les hommes refusent le service, il se substituera à eux et, dans son service, paiera la rançon de tous (de Mt 20:28, rapprocher 1Co 6:20 7:23, Heb 9:12 et Jn 12:32) ; voir Expiation. Par l'horreur et par l'attirance de sa mort, service d'avance accepte (Jn 10:18 12:27), il reconquerra pour Dieu le coeur des hommes, il les arrachera au service corrupteur de Satan pour les donner au service sanctifiant de Dieu (voir Régénération), --car il sait bien qu'on ne peut servir deux maîtres : Dieu et Mammon (Lu 16:13). Au cours d'un ministère de trois années consacré avant tout à former ses disciples au service, il leur montre ce qu'il en coûte de servir Dieu au sein d'une humanité déchue, malheureuse et rebelle. Celui qui sert n'aura pas à espérer recevoir de ses semblables ce qu'il mérite, mais il devra servir en aimant comme Jésus (Jn 15:12), en se dévouant pour les autres, pour relever les autres et les entraîner vers « la stature parfaite du Christ » (Eph 4:13). « Vous m'appelez Maître et Seigneur, et vous dites bien, car je le suis. Si donc moi... Je suis au milieu de vous comme celui qui sert... Je vous ai donné un exemple, afin que vous fassiez comme j'ai fait. Le serviteur n'est pas plus grand que son maître » (Jn 13:13 et suivants, Lu 22:24 et suivants). Par ces paroles et par son geste, Jésus associe ses disciples à l'oeuvre rédemptrice : « Vous boirez la coupe que je bois » (Mr 10:39), en attendant de pouvoir les associer à sa gloire : « Si quelqu'un me sert, mon Père l'honorera » (Jn 12:26,17:24, Mt 25:21), gloire à laquelle ils se prépareront en accomplissant les plus humbles services fraternels (Mt 10:42 25:31 et suivants). Pour le moment, et dans les conditions de la vie présente, servir est donc prendre l'attitude la plus noble qu'on puisse avoir sur la terre, puisque c'est s'identifier à Jésus-Christ et collaborer au sauvetage de l'humanité pour laquelle il a donné sa vie. Mais cela porte très loin ; car Satan se défendra, il ameutera contre les serviteurs de Dieu tous les forces du mal (Mt 10:24, Jn 15:20). Le service où l'on s'engage fera éclater les cadres où l'égoïsme et l'orgueil de la société humaine, parfois même de l'Église, ont établi leurs ambitions, leurs luttes, leur bien-être... (Mr 10:30, Mt 5:10:34 16:24 24:1-14)

Après son Maître, l'apôtre Paul, qui s'intitule dans ses épîtres le serviteur, l'esclave du Christ (doulos), marche héroïquement dans la voie royale du service. Rien de plus émouvant que son intérêt pour l'Église de Jérusalem qui, il le sait, n'a pas de sympathie pour lui. Il risque même sa vie pour apporter lui-même aux frères de Judée la collecte qu'il a provoquée en Macédoine et en Achaïe (Ro 15:26).

Aux Corinthiens, il rappelle le respect que l'on doit aux familles qui, comme celle de Stéphanas, se vouent « au service des saints » (1Co 16:15 et suivant ; voir aussi 2Co 9).

Dans l'épître aux Galates, il « développe longuement et ardemment l'idée que si Dieu a arraché le croyant à la servitude de la loi et l'a fait un homme libre, c'est en vue de ce grand et magnifique événement : cet homme se sert de sa liberté pour se faire par charité le serviteur des autres. » (Ga 5:13) (P. Doumergue, Servir, 1929, p. 313.)

Dans l'épître aux Philippiens, il montre en Jésus l'idéal du serviteur et exhorte ses lecteurs à lui ressembler (Php 2:5 et suivants). Dans Ro 12:9,21, il écrit la charte du service chrétien ; dans 1Co 13, il en chante l'hymne ; dans Ro 12:1, il en donne le principe : « Je vous exhorte donc, frères, par les compassions de Dieu, à offrir vos corps en sacrifice vivant, saint, et que Dieu puisse agréer ; c'est là votre service rationnel » (tên logikên latreïan humôn). On voit ici combien le chrétien, appelé à être le serviteur de Dieu et, pour Dieu, de ses frères, à la façon de Jésus-Christ, trahit la cause qui lui a été confiée, quand, réduisant le service aux dévotions, il se contente de célébrer des cultes et s'imagine être en règle avec Dieu quand il a bâti des temples, chanté des cantiques, accompli des rites, offert des prières et des dons.

Servir, ce n'est point non plus partager les utopies des théoriciens de ce monde qui s'imaginent, par des lois démocratiques ou par l'impérialisme de la force, par les progrès de la civilisation ou par le sang des révolutions, détruire l'inégalité et l'injustice qui régnent au sein des nations. Servir, c'est montrer aux gens du monde qu'on peut constituer dans ce monde, par la grâce du Christ, une société différente du monde, où ne règne plus la soif de jouir, de s'enrichir, de dominer (Lu 22:25-27). Ce service introduit ici-bas le serviteur, à l'imitation de son Maître, sur le chemin du renoncement et du sacrifice ; prêcher la croix n'y suffit plus, il faut la porter (Mt 10:38 16:24, Jn 15:20 etc.) ; mais en même temps ce service lui assure dès ici-bas, par la communion de son Maître, une double récompense : la puissance et la joie (Ac 1:8, Ro 8:37, Php 4:13 etc.).

Quand Jésus dit à ses disciples : « Ma nourriture est de faire la volonté de celui qui m'a envoyé » (Jn 4:34), il leur révéla que l'obéissance à Dieu est un aliment pour l'âme. Le service des hommes épuise, le service de Dieu fortifie et rend le plus faible invincible. (cf. 2Co 12:9) Le sentiment de cette force, l'expérience de victoire qu'elle assure, les espérances qu'elle légitime remplissent le coeur d'une allégresse que le monde ne connaît pas et qui domine les tribulations du monde. « Nul ne vous ravira votre joie » (Jn 16:22,15:11, et les Béatitudes : Mt 5:12). C'est ainsi que Pierre et Jean se retirèrent de devant le Sanhédrin pleins de joie d'avoir été jugés dignes de souffrir pour le nom de Dieu (Ac 5:41), que Paul et Silas chantaient des cantiques dans la nuit du cachot (Ac 16:25), que les huguenots entonnaient sur le chemin du supplice : « La voici l'heureuse journée », et qu'à la fin de sa vie Whitefield pouvait dire : « O Dieu, je me suis fatigué à ton service, mais non pas de ton service. » Alex. W.

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      15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
      16 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
      17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
      18 "You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
      19 "Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
      20 "He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
      21 "You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
      22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
      23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
      24 and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
      25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
      26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
      27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
      28 "You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
      29 "You shall not delay to offer from your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. "You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.
      30 You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
      31 "You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

      Lévitique 19

      18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
      33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

      Josué 24

      14 "Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

      1 Samuel 12

      20 Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

      Psaumes 116

      12 What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?

      Esaïe 1

      1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
      2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
      3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."
      4 Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
      5 Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
      6 From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.
      7 Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
      8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
      9 Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
      10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God , you people of Gomorrah!
      11 "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
      12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
      13 Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
      14 My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
      15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
      16 Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
      17 Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."
      18 "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
      19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
      20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
      21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
      22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.
      23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
      24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;
      25 and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.
      26 I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, a faithful town.'
      27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
      28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.
      29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
      30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
      31 The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."

      Esaïe 19

      23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

      Esaïe 42

      1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
      9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up."

      Esaïe 52

      13 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

      Esaïe 56

      6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;

      Jérémie 2

      1 The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
      2 "Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I remember for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your weddings; how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
      3 Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him shall be held guilty. Evil shall come on them,"' says Yahweh."
      4 Hear the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
      5 Thus says Yahweh, "What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
      6 Neither did they say, 'Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?'
      7 I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
      8 The priests didn't say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and those who handle the law didn't know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
      9 "Therefore I will yet contend with you," says Yahweh, "and I will contend with your children's children.
      10 For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
      11 Has a nation changed its gods, which really are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
      12 "Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says Yahweh.
      13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
      14 Is Israel a servant? Is he a native-born slave? Why has he become a prey?
      15 The young lions have roared at him, and yelled. They have made his land waste. His cities are burned up, without inhabitant.
      16 The children also of Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken the crown of your head.
      17 "Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God , when he led you by the way?
      18 Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
      19 "Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
      20 "For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, 'I will not serve;' for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
      21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
      22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says the Lord Yahweh.
      23 "How can you say, 'I am not defiled. I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
      24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire. When she is in heat, who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
      25 "Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.'
      26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;
      27 who tell wood, 'You are my father;' and a stone, 'You have brought me out:' for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, 'Arise, and save us.'
      28 "But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.
      29 "Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me," says Yahweh.
      30 "I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
      31 Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'
      32 "Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
      33 How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have taught even the wicked women your ways.
      34 Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
      35 "Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Behold, I will judge you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.'
      36 Why do you go about so much to change your way? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
      37 From there also you shall go forth, with your hands on your head; for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust, and you shall not prosper with them.

      Osée 2

      10 Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of my hand.

      Osée 4

      1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
      2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
      3 Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away. all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
      4 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
      5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
      6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
      7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
      8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
      9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
      10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
      11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
      12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
      13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
      14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
      15 "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend; and don't come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'
      16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
      17 Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
      18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
      19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

      Osée 5

      1 "Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
      2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.
      3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.
      4 Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh.
      5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.
      6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
      7 They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
      8 "Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
      9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
      10 The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
      11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
      12 Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
      13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
      14 For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
      15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

      Amos 5

      1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
      2 "The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up."
      3 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."
      4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;
      5 but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
      6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
      7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
      8 seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
      9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
      10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
      11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
      12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
      13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
      14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
      15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
      16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
      17 In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says Yahweh.
      18 "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
      19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.
      20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
      21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.
      22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
      23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
      24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
      25 "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
      26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
      27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies.

      Amos 8

      1 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit.
      2 He said, "Amos, what do you see?" I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then Yahweh said to me, "The end has come on my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.
      3 The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day," says the Lord Yahweh. "The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
      4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
      5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
      6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
      7 Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their works.
      8 Won't the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
      9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
      10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
      11 Behold, the days come," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.
      12 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.
      13 In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.
      14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' and, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' they will fall, and never rise up again."

      Amos 9

      7 Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?" says Yahweh. "Haven't I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

      Michée 6

      1 Listen now to what Yahweh says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
      2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
      3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
      4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
      5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
      6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
      7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
      8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
      9 Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
      10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
      11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
      12 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
      13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
      14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
      15 You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
      16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."

      Michée 7

      1 Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
      2 The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
      3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
      4 The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
      5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
      6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
      7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
      8 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
      9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
      10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
      11 A day to build your walls-- In that day, he will extend your boundary.
      12 In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
      13 Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
      14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
      15 "As in the days of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things."
      16 The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
      17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
      18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
      19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
      20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

      Malachie 1

      11 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Armies.

      Matthieu 4

      10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"
      11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

      Matthieu 5

      10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
      12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
      34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

      Matthieu 10

      24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
      38 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.
      42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

      Matthieu 12

      17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
      18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

      Matthieu 14

      2 and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

      Matthieu 16

      24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

      Matthieu 20

      28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

      Matthieu 24

      1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
      45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

      Matthieu 25

      21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
      31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

      Marc 10

      30 but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
      39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

      Luc 1

      69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

      Luc 12

      42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

      Luc 16

      13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon ."

      Luc 20

      13 The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'

      Luc 22

      24 There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
      25 He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
      26 But not so with you. But one who is the greater among you, let him become as the younger, and one who is governing, as one who serves.
      27 For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.

      Jean 3

      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

      Jean 4

      34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

      Jean 10

      18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

      Jean 12

      26 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.
      27 "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.
      32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."

      Jean 13

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

      Jean 14

      15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
      16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,--
      17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
      18 I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.
      19 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
      20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
      21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."

      Jean 15

      11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
      12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
      20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

      Jean 16

      22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

      Jean 17

      24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

      Actes 1

      8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth."

      Actes 3

      13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
      14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
      15 and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
      16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
      17 "Now, brothers , I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
      18 But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
      19 "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
      20 and that he may send Christ Jesus, who was ordained for you before,
      21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
      22 For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
      23 It will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
      24 Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
      25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
      26 God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."

      Actes 4

      25 who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?
      27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
      30 while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus."

      Actes 5

      41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus' name.

      Actes 6

      3 Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

      Actes 16

      25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

      Romains 8

      37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

      Romains 9

      4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;

      Romains 12

      1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
      9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
      21 Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

      Romains 13

      6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.

      Romains 15

      16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
      26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

      1 Corinthiens 3

      5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

      1 Corinthiens 6

      20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

      1 Corinthiens 13

      1 If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.
      2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.
      3 If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
      4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
      5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
      6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
      7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
      8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.
      9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;
      10 but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
      11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
      12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
      13 But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.

      1 Corinthiens 16

      15 Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints),

      2 Corinthiens 3

      6 who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

      2 Corinthiens 9

      1 It is indeed unnecessary for me to write to you concerning the service to the saints,
      2 for I know your readiness, of which I boast on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia has been prepared for a year past. Your zeal has stirred up very many of them.
      3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
      4 so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
      5 I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
      6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
      7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.
      8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
      9 As it is written, "He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever."
      10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;
      11 you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.
      12 For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
      13 seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
      14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.
      15 Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

      2 Corinthiens 12

      9 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

      Galates 5

      13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

      Ephésiens 3

      7 of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

      Ephésiens 4

      13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

      Colossiens 1

      7 even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf,
      23 if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
      25 of which I was made a servant, according to the stewardship of God which was given me toward you, to fulfill the word of God,

      Colossiens 4

      7 All my affairs will be made known to you by Tychicus, the beloved brother, faithful servant, and fellow bondservant in the Lord.

      1 Thessaloniciens 3

      2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

      1 Timothée 3

      8 Servants , in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

      1 Timothée 4

      6 If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

      Hébreux 1

      7 Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire."

      Hébreux 3

      5 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

      Hébreux 8

      2 a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

      Hébreux 9

      1 Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.
      12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
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