Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35) Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. (Romans 13:8) “His master replied, ‘ Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:21) This is the sort of passage that some people will put in a bold font with a font size at least 20 (as above). They will gladly put it on signs with an even bigger font and shove it in the face of anyone they decide isn’t obeying it. Doing so is specifically not practicing the sort of servanthood they demand from their opponent. And before we announce that “we would never do that!” we should keep in mind that we treat other verses the ...
Such confidence we have through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (II Corinthians 3:4-6) Competence [1590s, "rivalry" (based on compete ), also "adequate supply," both senses now obsolete; 1630s as "sufficiency of means for living at ease," from French compétence , from Latin competentia "meeting together, agreement, symmetry," from competens , present participle of competere , especially in its earlier sense of "fall together, come together, be convenient or fitting" (see compete ). Meaning "adequate range of capacity or ability, sufficiency to deal with what is at hand" is from 1790.] ( Competence - Etymology, Origin & Meaning ) Granted, the word was chosen with i...