9 Bible Verses about Authority, Responsibilities Of

But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the rulers of the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them; but it shall not be so among you. But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever wishes to be first among you, let him be your servant,read more.
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And Jesus called them and said to them, You know that those who desire to rule the gentiles exercise lordship over them, and their great men exercise authority over them; but it shall not be so with you. But whoever wishes to be great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever wishes to be first of you, let him be a servant of all.read more.
For the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.

arose from supper, and laid aside his clothes, and taking a towel girded himself: Then he put water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. Then he came to Simon Peter; he said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet?read more.
Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now, but you shall know hereafter. Peter said to him, You shall never by any means wash my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you have no part with me. Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head. Jesus said to him, He that is washed needs only that his feet should be washed, but is wholly pure; and you are pure, but not all. For he knew him that was to betray him; therefore, he said, You are not all pure. When, therefore, he had washed their feet, and taken his clothes and sat down again, he said to them, Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord; and you say well, for I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done.

For if I should even boast some of our authority which the Lord gave for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

For this reason, being absent, I write these things, that I may not use sharpness when present, with the power which the Lord has given me for building up, and not for pulling down.

Have we not a right to eat and drink? Have we not a right to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to abstain from labor?read more.
Who ever goes on a military expedition at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and eats not the fruit of it? or who feeds a flock and eats not of the milk of the flock? Do I say these things in the manner of men? or does not the law also say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes. Does God care for oxen? or does he speak entirely for our sakes? For our sakes, doubtless, it was written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and that he who threshes in hope should partake of it. If we have sown for you spiritual things, is it too much if we reap your earthly things? And if others have this right, do we not have it more? But we have not used this right, but endure all things, that we may not impede the gospel of Christ. Know you not that those who perform sacred rites eat from the temple? Those who wait on the altar partake of the altar? So also the Lord has appointed to those who preach the gospel to live by the gospel. But I have used none of these things, and I have not written these things that it should be so done to me; for I prefer to die, rather than that any one should make my boasting vain. For if I preach the gospel I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for woe is me, if I preach not the gospel. For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am intrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? That preaching I may make the gospel without expense, that I may not abuse my right in the gospel.

Dare any of you having a business with another be judged by the wicked, and not by the saints? Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the lowest courts? Know you not that we shall judge angels? Much more then things pertaining to this life?read more.
If then you have courts for the business of this life, do you constitute them of the most abject in the church? I speak to your shame. Is there not now a wise man among you? not one who can judge between his brothers? But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers. Now therefore there is a great fault among you, that you go to law one with another. Why not rather suffer injustice? why not rather be defrauded?

But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat not are we worse, nor if we eat are we better. But beware lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak. For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols?read more.
And will not the weak brother for whom Christ died perish by your knowledge? But when you thus sin against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not offend my brother.

All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but all things do not edify. Let no one seek his own but the good of another.