Serving Service

Serving Service

1: διακονία (Strong'S #1248 — Noun Feminine — diakonia — dee-ak-on-ee'-ah )

is rendered "service" in  Romans 15:31 , Av; "serving" in  Luke 10:40 . See Ministry , A, No. 1.

2: λειτουργία (Strong'S #3009 — Noun Feminine — leitourgia — li-toorg-ee'-ah )

is rendered "service" in  2 Corinthians 9:12;  Philippians 2:17,30 . See Ministry , A, No. 2.

3: λατρεία (Strong'S #2999 — Noun Feminine — latreia — lat-ri'-ah )

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 .

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