Jesus, the Christ: Example, An

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

But it shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, …

But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am. …

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

…that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

…until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

…and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

…and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: …

…and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. …

But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,

…for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps: …

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. …

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.