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SERVANT

(See also BOND-SERVANT, BONDSLAVE; CHRIST, OT prophecies of, the suffering servant; titles and functions of, servant)

requirements of servants:

♦ to serve out of love for the master:

• Exodus 21:5-6

♦ to have only one master:

• Matthew 6:24 (cf. 4:10)

♦ to serve others:

• Matthew 20:28; John 13:14-16; 2 Corinthians 4:5; Galatians 5:13

♦ to follow Christ:

• John 12:26

♦ to serve in newness of the Spirit:

• Romans 7:6

♦ to be sensitive to a weaker brother:

• Romans 14:13-18

♦ to direct service toward Christ:

• Colossians 3:24

♦ to be faithful:

• Colossians 4:7; Hebrews 3:5 (cf. 1 Corinthians 4:2)

♦ to communicate biblical truth:

• 1 Timothy 4:6

♦ to be submissive to masters:

• 1 Peter 2:18 (cf. Ephesians 6:5)

♦ to serve by God's strength:

• 1 Peter 4:11

servants of the Lord:

♦ Abraham, Isaac and Jacob:

• Exodus 32:13; Psalms 105:6

♦ Moses:

• Exodus 4:10; Deuteronomy 34:5; Hebrews 3:5

♦ the nation Israel:

(See also ISRAEL)

• Leviticus 25:55; 1 Kings 8:36; 1 Chronicles 16:13; Psalms 136:22; Isaiah 44:21; Luke 1:54; Acts 26:7

♦ priests as servants in the tabernacle and later in the temple:

• Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:9; 18:7; 1 Kings 8:11; Jeremiah 33:21; Joel 2:17; Hebrews 8:4-5; 13:10 (cf. Ezekiel 44:15-16)

♦ Joshua:

• Joshua 5:14; 24:29

♦ Samson:

• Judges 15:18

♦ Samuel:

• 1 Samuel 2:11; 3:9-10

♦ David:

• 1 Samuel 23:11; 2 Samuel 7:5; 24:10; Jeremiah 33:21-22; Luke 1:69; Acts 4:25

♦ Solomon:

• 1 Kings 3:7

♦ Ahijah:

• 1 Kings 14:18

♦ Elijah:

• 1 Kings 18:36

♦ the prophets in general:

• 2 Kings 9:7; Revelation 10:7

♦ Jonah:

• 2 Kings 14:25

♦ Hezekiah:

• 2 Chronicles 32:16

♦ Nehemiah:

• Nehemiah 1:6

♦ Job:

• Job 1:8

♦ the Psalmist:

• Psalms 19:11; 31:16; 119:23

♦ angels:

• Psalms 104:4 (cf. Hebrews 1:7)

♦ Isaiah:

• Isaiah 20:3

♦ Nebuchadnezzar:

• Jeremiah 25:9

♦ Daniel and his friends:

• Daniel 1:12-13; 6:20

♦ Zerubbabel:

• Haggai 2:23

♦ angels to Jesus:

• Matthew 4:11

♦ certain women to Jesus:

• Mark 15:40-41

♦ followers of Jesus:

• John 12:26

♦ Paul:

• Acts 24:14; Romans 1:9

♦ governmental authority and rulers:

• Romans 13:1-6

♦ apostles in general:

• 1 Corinthians 3:5; 4:1; 2 Corinthians 6:4

♦ Tychicus:

• Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 4:7

♦ Timothy:

• Philippians 2:22; 1 Timothy 4:6

♦ Epaphras:

• Colossians 1:7

♦ deacons:

• 1 Timothy 3:10

♦ Onesimus to Paul:

• Philemon 13

♦ saints in the heavenly temple:

• Revelation 7:15

♦ others:

• Nehemiah 1:10; Psalms 34:22; 113:1; Isaiah 65:8-9, 13-15; Daniel 3:26, 28; Luke 1:2; 2 Corinthians 11:23; I Thessalonians 1:9

servants of other humans:

♦ Canaan, Shem and Japheth's servant:

• Genesis 9:25-27

♦ Eliezer, Abraham's servant:

• Genesis 15:2; 24:2, 5 (cf. 12:16)

♦ Hagar, Sarah's servant:

• Genesis 16:1

♦ Isaac's servants:

• Genesis 26:19

♦ Joseph, Potiphar's servant:

• Genesis 39:1, 4

♦ Israelites as servants to foreign nations:

• Exodus 5:15-16; 14:5; Judges 3:8

♦ Joshua, Moses' servant:

• Exodus 33:11

♦ Boaz's servant:

• Ruth 2:5-6

♦ the priest's servant:

• 1 Samuel 2:13, 15

♦ servants of a king:

• 1 Samuel 8:14-17

♦ Saul's servant, David:

• 1 Samuel 17:32-36

♦ Uriah, David's servant:

• 2 Samuel 11:21

♦ other nations as David's servants:

• 2 Samuel 8:2, 6, 14

♦ Joab, David's servant:

• 2 Samuel 14:19-20

♦ other nations as Solomon's servants:

• 1 Kings 4:21

♦ Elijah's servant:

• 1 Kings 18:43 (cf. 19:21)

♦ Gehazi, Elisha's servant:

• 2 Kings 4:1; 5:20-27

♦ the temple servants:

• 1 Chronicles 9:2

♦ a centurion's servant:

• Matthew 8:5-13; Acts 10:7

♦ servants of Herod Antipas:

• Matthew 14:1-2

♦ Household servant-girls:

• Matthew 26:69; Acts 12:13

♦ servants hired by Zebedee:

• Mark 1:20

♦ servants at a wedding:

• John 2:5, 9

♦ soldiers as servants:

• 1 Corinthians 9:7

♦ servants of Christian masters:

• 1 Timothy 6:2

OT relationships for servants:

♦ servants as possible heirs of their master's possessions:

• Genesis 15:2-3

♦ Esau as servant (i.e., subordinate) to Jacob:

• Genesis 25:23

♦ servant as an expression of respect:

• Genesis 32:4; 44:18; 50:18; Joshua 9:11; Daniel 10:16-17; Malachi 1:6

♦ a king's son as a servant:

• 2 Samuel 13:24

♦ a king as a servant to his people:

• 1 Kings 12:7

♦ a king as servant to a stronger king:

• 2 Kings 16:7-9; 17:3; 24:1

♦ OT regulations for servants

• Exodus 12:45; 20:10, 17; 21:2-11; Leviticus 25:39-46; Deuteronomy 12:12-18; 15:12-18; 24:14-15; Jeremiah 34:8-17

NT relationships for servants:

accountability as servants

• Romans 14:4

areas of service

♦ servant of a church

• Romans 16:1

♦ servants of a New Covenant

• 2 Corinthians 3:6

other types of servants:

♦ servants of Satan:

• 2 Corinthians 11:14-15

♦ angels as servants of God:

• Revelation 19:10; 22:9

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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