1 Corinthians 9:19
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19 For (A)though I am free from all, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (C)win more of them.
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. (A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love (B)serve one another.
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Matthew 18:15
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If Your Brother Sins Against You
15 (A)“If your brother sins against you, (B)go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have (C)gained your brother.
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James 5:19-20
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19 My brothers, (A)if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone (B)brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering (C)will save his soul from death and (D)will cover a multitude of sins.
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1 Timothy 4:16
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16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save (B)both yourself and (C)your hearers.
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1 Corinthians 10:33
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33 just as (A)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (B)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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Matthew 20:26-28
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26 (A)It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,[a] 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,[b] 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but (B)to serve, and (C)to give his life as a ransom for (D)many.”
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- Matthew 20:26 Greek diakonos
- Matthew 20:27 Or bondservant, or servant (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
2 Timothy 2:10
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10 Therefore (A)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain (B)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with (C)eternal glory.
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1 Corinthians 9:20-22
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20 (A)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (B)those outside the law I became (C)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (D)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (E)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (F)I have become all things to all people, that (G)by all means I might save some.
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2 Corinthians 4:5
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5 For what (A)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (B)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
Romans 15:2
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2 (A)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
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1 Peter 3:1
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Wives and Husbands
3 Likewise, wives, (A)be subject to your own husbands, so that (B)even if some do not obey the word, (C)they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
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1 Corinthians 9:1
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Paul Surrenders His Rights
9 (A)Am I not free? (B)Am I not an apostle? (C)Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? (D)Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
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Romans 1:14
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14 (A)I am under obligation both to Greeks and to (B)barbarians,[a] both to the wise and to the foolish.
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- Romans 1:14 That is, non-Greeks
John 13:14-15
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14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (A)you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, (B)that you also should do just as I have done to you.
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Proverbs 11:30
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1 Corinthians 7:16
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16 For how do you know, wife, (A)whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
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Romans 11:14
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14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and (A)thus save some of them.
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