Service, Serving - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Service, Serving

[ 1,,G1248, diakonia ]
is rendered service" in Romans 15:31, AV; "serving" in Luke 10:40. See MINISTRY, A, No. 1.

[ 2,,G3009, leitourgia ]
is rendered "service" in 2 Corinthians 9:12; Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:30. See MINISTRY, A, No. 2.

[ 3,,G2999, latreia ]
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.

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