Mark 9:35: "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." Jesus flips worldly leadership upside down. Parallel: Matthew 6:1-6 — Pharisees do good works for human recognition and get no reward from God. 1 Peter 5:3: lead by example, don't lord over people. The test: if everyone treated people the way you treat people, would it make a healthy church?

Matthew 6:1-6: Pharisees love places of honor, chief seats, respectful greetings — they already have their reward (human approval only). 1 Peter 5:3: not lording over the flock but being examples. The self-test for leaders: if the congregation copied your behavior exactly, would the church be healthy or toxic? Leaders who make exceptions for their own rudeness are lording, not leading.