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the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Service, Serving
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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is rendered "service" in Romans 15:31 , AV; "serving" in Luke 10:40 . See MINISTRY , A, No. 1.
is rendered "service" in 2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 2:17,30 . See MINISTRY , A, No. 2.
akin to latreuo (see No. 3, above), primarily "hired service," is used (a) of the "service" of God in connection with the tabernacle, Romans 9:4; Hebrews 9:1 , "Divine service;" Hebrews 9:6 , plural, RV, "services" (AV, "service," and, in italics, "of God"); (b) of the intelligent "service" of believers in presenting their bodies to God, a living sacrifice, Romans 12:1 , RV marg., "worship;" (c) of imagined "service" to God by persecutors of Christ's followers, John 16:2 .
Note: For "soldier on service," 2 Timothy 2:3 , RV, see SOLDIER , B.Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Service, Serving'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/service-serving.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Service, Serving'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/service-serving.html. 1940.