16 Bible Verses About Serving Others

The Bible presents serving others as the pattern Jesus set for his followers. He said he “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45), and after washing his disciples’ feet he told them to do as he had done (John 13:14-15). The letters carry that into church life: “serve one another humbly in love” (Galatians 5:13), and use each gift “to serve others” (1 Peter 4:10). Other passages name who is to be served: the hungry, the…