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    Jarvis

    JAR-vis

    Meaning

    Spear servant; Skilled with a spear

    Germanic/French origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Jarvis ministers his gift — skilled service done heartily for the Lord, stewardship of manifold grace.

    Verses · King James Version

    “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”

    1 Peter 4:10

    “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.”

    Colossians 3:23

    Most used in the 1980s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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