Philippians 2:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ πάντες γὰρ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ζητοῦσιν, οὐ τὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.

Transliteration

The all for the things of themselves zētousin, not the things of Christou Iēsou.

Grammar Details

• *zētousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they seek/look for
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus

Word Meanings

• *zētousin*: seek/look for/strive after/pursue

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good].
• 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
• Phil 2:4 : 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
• 2 Tim 3:2 : 2 For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
• 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
• 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that {G1487} one died for all, therefore {G599} all died; 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.
• Phil 1:20-21 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved.
• Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Luke 9:57-62 : 57 And {G1096} as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, {G2962} I will follow thee whithersoever {G302} thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my {G1519} house. 62 But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking {G1519} back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
• Mal 1:10 : 10 Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle [fire on] mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
• Acts 13:13 : 13 Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
• Acts 15:38 : 38 But Paul thought not good to take with them him who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
• 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.
• 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.