The way of serving others is the topic of passages in this section. The purest service is to help others and to seek the welfare of others without the expectation of reward. Another group of passages connects service with true lordship. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6.2 Rendering help to another is the function of all human beings.
All men are responsible for one another.
The best of men are those who are useful to others. Hadith of Bukhari Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. John 15.13, p. 236. Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life 8.112-16, p. 165. He who prays for his fellowman, while he himself has the same need, will be answered first.