to God through acts of service flowing from a pure heart (i.e., Deuteronomy 10:12). The verb is used twenty-one times in the New Testament and always in a religious sense. It speaks of a person’s spiritual service rendered to God as opposed to service rendered to man. Usually translated as “serve” or “service”, occasionally it is translated as “worship.” Paul testified before Governor Felix by saying, “I admit that I worship the God of our fathers” (Acts 24:14; cf. Philippians 3:3). The distinctive
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