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G1398

δουλεύω

douleuō

Verb · From δοῦλος (G1401)

From G1401; to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).

Outline

  1. to be a slave, serve, do service
    1. of a nation in subjection to other nations
  2. metaph. to obey, submit to
    1. in a good sense, to yield obedience
    2. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to

Usages

Matthew 6:24

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Stay Focused

Proverbs 4:25 Proverbs 16:3 Matthew 6:33 Colossians 2:6 2 Timothy 2:15 James 1:8

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Luke 15:29

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

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Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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John 8:33

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

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Acts 7:7

And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

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Acts 20:19

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

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Romans 6:6

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

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Romans 7:6

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

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Romans 7:25

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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Romans 9:12

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

Quoting Genesis 25:23

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

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Romans 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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Romans 14:18

For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

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Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

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Galatians 4:8

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

Breakdown

Referring to when the Israelites were worshipping and sacrificing to idols.

Precepts

1 Corinthians 12:2

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Galatians 4:9

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

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Galatians 4:25

For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

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Galatians 5:13

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Keep The Law

Psalms 4:4 Ecclesiasticus 15:20 Ecclesiasticus 17:25 Ecclesiasticus 29:19 2 Esdras 15:22 2 Esdras 15:24 Matthew 5:17 Matthew 19:17 John 5:14 John 8:11 John 14:15 Romans 3:31 Hebrews 10:26 1 Peter 2:16 1 John 2:1 1 John 3:8

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Ephesians 6:7

With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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Philippians 2:22

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

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Colossians 3:24

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

Precepts

1 Corinthians 12:2

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1 Timothy 6:2

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

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Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Precepts

1 Corinthians 12:2

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