Men prominent in the church should be the first to heed the admonition. Such priestly despotism as the absolute rule of the Catholic, Greek, and of some Protestant churches is at variance with this principle. Whosoever will be great . . . Your deacon, servant. Greatness in the kingdom of heaven consists in doing, rather than in being, and in doing for others, rather than for self.
Greatness is to be found in service.
Only those men are truly great who are the servants of their race, helpers of mankind. Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant. In the church, the greatest one is he who serves most and best. Give his life as a ransom. Our Lord came to serve.