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Why were we created to serve if He is all-powerful?
In Revelation 1:6
and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and
Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
From the bible we can clearly see that Angels serve ...
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Why do translations use words like "servants" to mean "slaves"?
Luke 12:45-48 uses the word "servants". What kind of servants get beaten up by their master?
That looks a lot like slaves to me. We have an English word for that thing. It's called slaves. So why use ...
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Why do most translations say "Servant of Christ" rather than "Slave of Christ"? [duplicate]
Context
I'm currently watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d94tbcidq74&feature=g-high-rec
The argument here is that, with regard to the word "doulas"
in the original Greek, our relationship ...
