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If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will [my] Father honour.

If {G1437} any man {G5100} serve {G1247} me {G1698}, let him follow {G190} me {G1698}; and {G2532} where {G3699} I {G1473} am {G1510}, there {G1563} shall {G2071} also {G2532} my {G1699} servant {G1249} be {G2071}:{G2532} if {G1437} any man {G5100} serve {G1247} me {G1698}, him {G846} will {G5091} my Father {G3962} honour {G5091}.

If someone is serving me, let him follow me; wherever I am, my servant will be there too. My Father will honor anyone who serves me.

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

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Cross-References

  • Colossians 3:24 (16 votes)

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

  • Galatians 1:10 (15 votes)

    ¶ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

  • 1 Samuel 2:30 (15 votes)

    Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  • John 10:27 (9 votes)

    My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  • John 17:24 (9 votes)

    Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  • Romans 1:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

  • 1 John 5:3 (7 votes)

    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.