Matthew 20:26

But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.