and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave;

谁愿为首，就必作你们的仆人。

谁愿为首，就要作你们的仆人。

谁愿为首，就要作你们的仆人。

谁要居首位，谁就要做大家的奴仆。

谁想在你们中间为首的，就要作你们的奴仆。

无论谁想在你们当中为首，谁就该做你们的奴仆，

誰願為首，就必作你們的僕人。

誰願為首，就要作你們的僕人。

誰願為首，就要作你們的僕人。

誰要居首位，誰就要做大家的奴僕。

誰想在你們中間為首的，就要作你們的奴僕。

你們中間凡想要為首的，就該做你們的奴僕；

無論誰想在你們當中為首，誰就該做你們的奴僕，

欲為首者、當為爾僕、

爾中欲為大者、當為爾役、欲為首者、當為爾僕、

欲為首者、當為爾僕、

孰願為首、當為爾僕。

and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—

And anyone who wants to be first must be your slave.

and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,

and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—

and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant:

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave–

Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond servants on account of Jesus.

But it is not this way for you; rather, the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them:“ What were you discussing on the way?”But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.And sitting down, He called the twelve and* said to them,“ If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

So whoever will humble himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For though I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may gain more.To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law;to those who are without the Law, I became as one without the Law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might gain those who are without the Law.To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said,‘ It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Are they servants of Christ?— I am speaking as if insane— I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.Five times I received from the Jews thirty nine lashes.Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift at sea.I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, dangers among false brothers;I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.

For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles.

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to the uncultured, both to the wise and to the foolish.

I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?