It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

只是在你们中间，不可这样；你们中间谁愿为大，就必作你们的用人；

但是在你们中间，不可这样。你们中间谁愿为大，就要作你们的用人；

但是在你们中间，不可这样。你们中间谁愿为大，就要作你们的用人；

你们中间，谁要当首领，谁就要做大家的仆人；

但你们中间却不要这样；谁想在你们中间成为大的，就要作你们的仆役；

你们当中却不是这样；相反，谁想在你们当中为大，谁就该做你们的仆人；

只是在你們中間，不可這樣；你們中間誰願為大，就必作你們的用人；

但是在你們中間，不可這樣。你們中間誰願為大，就要作你們的用人；

但是在你們中間，不可這樣。你們中間誰願為大，就要作你們的用人；

你們中間，誰要當首領，誰就要做大家的僕人；

但你們中間卻不要這樣；誰想在你們中間成為大的，就要作你們的僕役；

你們中間並不是這樣：不，你們中間凡想要做大的，就該做你們的僕役；

你們當中卻不是這樣；相反，誰想在你們當中為大，誰就該做你們的僕人；

惟爾曹不然、爾中欲為大者、當為爾役、

爾曹不可、

惟爾曹則不可如此、爾中欲為大者、當為爾役、

爾等切莫如是、爾中孰願為尊、當為爾役；

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

Don’t be like that. Instead, anyone who wants to be important among you must be your servant.

It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,

It must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant,

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

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

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

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

I tell you, this one went down to his house justified rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

“ But as for you, do not be called‘ Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.And do not be called masters either, because you have one Master, the Messiah.The greatest among you will be your servant.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

He told a parable to those who were invited, when He noticed how they would choose the best places for themselves:“ When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.The one who invited both of you may come and say to you,‘ Give your place to this man,’ and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.“ But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you,‘ Friend, move up higher.’ You will then be honored in the presence of all the other guests.For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

“ Then they too will answer,‘ Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness— since I tried to purify you, but you would not be purified from your uncleanness— you will not be pure again until I have satisfied My wrath on you.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

since the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish argumentsand every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ.And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience has been confirmed.Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed.I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak, and his public speaking is despicable.”

Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed God’s message in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant.

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Jesus said,“ My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” (niv)

May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus. (niv)

I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. (niv)

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm. (niv)

Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. (niv)

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished. (niv)

Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people.Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads,so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. (niv)