2C Our serving the Lord should always proceed out from Him as the source of blessing, be through Him as the means and the power, and be unto Him for His glory (Rom. 11:36; cf. Num. 18:1).
3D We need to serve the Lord with our whole being according to the counsel of God by coordinating with the members of the Body (Rom. 12:1-2, 11; Acts 13:36; 1 Cor. 12:14-22).
4E We need to use the Lord's gift to build up the church by serving others with Christ and ministering Christ as grace to them (Matt. 25:27; 1 Pet. 4:10; Col. 1:7; 4:12):
51 We need to serve as laboring priests of the gospel of God, saving sinners to offer them to God as acceptable sacrifices and eventually present them full-grown in Christ (Rom. 15:16; 12:1; Col. 1:28).
93 We need to care for people with the loving and forgiving heart of our Father God and the shepherding and seeking spirit of our Savior Christ; love is the most excellent way for us to be anything and to do anything for the building up of the Body of Christ (John 21:15-17; 1 Cor. 12:31b; 13:4-8, 13).