John 13:14
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14 (A)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (B)you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
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1 Peter 5:5
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Submit to God, Resist the Devil
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
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1 Peter 4:1
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Christ’s Example to Be Followed
4 Therefore, since Christ suffered [a]for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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- 1 Peter 4:1 NU omits for us
Acts 20:35
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35 I have shown you in every way, (A)by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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Galatians 5:13
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13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only (A)do not use liberty as an (B)opportunity for the flesh, but (C)through love serve one another.
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Luke 22:26-27
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26 (A)But not so among you; on the contrary, (B)he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. 27 (C)For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet (D)I am among you as the One who serves.
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Hebrews 5:8-9
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8 though He was a Son, yet He learned (A)obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And (B)having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
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Philippians 2:2-8
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2 (A)fulfill my joy (B)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of (C)one accord, of one mind. 3 (D)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but (E)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 (F)Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of (G)others.
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
5 (H)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, (I)being in the form of God, did not consider it [a]robbery to be equal with God, 7 (J)but [b]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form (K)of a bondservant, and (L)coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and (M)became (N)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
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- Philippians 2:6 Or something to be held onto to be equal
- Philippians 2:7 emptied Himself of His privileges
Galatians 6:1-2
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Bear and Share Burdens
6 Brethren, if a man is [a]overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of (A)gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 (B)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill (C)the law of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 8:13
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13 Therefore, (A)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
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Romans 12:16
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16 (A)Be of the same mind toward one another. (B)Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
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Mark 10:43-45
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43 (A)Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. 44 And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. 45 For even (B)the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and (C)to give His life a ransom for many.”
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Matthew 20:26-28
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26 Yet (A)it shall not be so among you; but (B)whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. 27 (C)And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— 28 (D)just as the (E)Son of Man did not come to be served, (F)but to serve, and (G)to give His life a ransom (H)for many.”
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