Jos 24:15, Dan 3:17-26, Joh 12:26, Act 16:17, 27:23, Rom 1:9, 6:16-22 | ESV | STEP | And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord , choose this day whom you will serve , whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River , or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell . But as for me and my house , we will serve the Lord .

15 ^aAnd if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^bchoose this day whom you will serve, whether ^cthe gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^dthe gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^eBut as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Daniel 3:17-26

17 If this be so, ^four God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. ^{▼▼Or If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, he will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and out of your hand, O king.} 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^hfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ⁱwas changed against ^jShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^kto bind ^lShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^mbound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^ourgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^pShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^qbound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was ^rastonished and rose up ^sin haste. He declared to his ^tcounselors, “Did we not cast three men ^ubound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, ^vwalking in the midst of the fire, and they ^ware not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like ^xa son of the gods.”

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, ^y“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the ^zMost High God, come out, and come here!” Then ^aaShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

John 12:26

26 If anyone serves me, he must ^abfollow me; and ^acwhere I am, there will my servant be also. ^adIf anyone serves me, ^aethe Father will honor him.

Acts 16:17

17 She followed Paul and us, ^afcrying out, “These men are ^agservants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} of ^aithe Most High God, who proclaim to you ^ajthe way of salvation.”

Acts 27:23

23 For this very night ^akthere ^alstood before me ^aman angel of the God ^anto whom I belong and ^aowhom I worship,

Romans 1:9

9 ^apFor God is my witness, ^aqwhom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, ^arthat without ceasing I mention you

Romans 6:16-22

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^asto anyone as obedient slaves, ^{▼▼For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface (twice in this verse and verse 19; also once in verses 17, 20)} you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But ^authanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^avstandard of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and, ^awhaving been set free from sin, ^axhave become slaves of righteousness. 19 ^ayI am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^azjust as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^baas slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

20 ^bbFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 ^bcBut what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^bdof which you are now ashamed? ^beFor the end of those things is death. 22 But now that you ^bfhave been set free from sin and ^bghave become slaves of God, ^bhthe fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^biits end, eternal life.