Philippians 2:21

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For they all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
  • 2 Tim 3:2 : 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and unholy.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has deserted me, having loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
  • Phil 1:20-21 : 20 My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted 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 Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Luke 9:57-62 : 57 As they were traveling along the road, someone said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.' 58 Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.' 59 He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' 60 Jesus said to him, 'Let the dead bury their own dead. But you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.' 61 Another said, 'I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to those at my home.' 62 Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors so you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you, says the LORD of Hosts, and I will not accept any offerings from your hands.
  • Acts 13:13 : 13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 15:38 : 38 but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be counted against them.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia has turned away from me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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    2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being united in spirit, and intent on one purpose.

    3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

    4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

    5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:

  • Phil 2:20
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    20 For I have no one else like him, who will genuinely care about your concerns.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

  • 1 Cor 3:21-22
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    21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours—

    22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7 Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.

  • Phil 1:15-17
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    15 It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

    16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.

    17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

  • 1 Cor 10:33
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    33 Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

  • Gal 4:17
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    17 They are zealous for you, but not in a good way. They want to exclude you, so that you might be zealous for them.

  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21 For we are taking every precaution to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of people.

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    12 What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul,' another, 'I follow Apollos,' another, 'I follow Cephas,' and still another, 'I follow Christ.'

  • Phil 2:30
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    30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for what was lacking in your service to me.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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    19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

  • Rom 15:2-3
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    2 Each of us should please our neighbor for their good, to build them up.

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    7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ.

    8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,

    9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

  • Rom 16:18
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    18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6 Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

  • Phil 2:22
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    22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father, he has served with me in the work of the gospel.

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    21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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    16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

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    6 We did not seek glory from people, neither from you nor from others.

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    13 Our desire is not for others to be relieved while you are burdened, but for equality.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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    4 Each one should examine their own work. Then they will have reason to boast regarding themselves alone, and not with reference to another.

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    5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

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    7 For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

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    20 But that is not the way you learned Christ,

  • Phil 2:16
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    16 holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

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    4 For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans?

  • Phil 3:17
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    17 Join together in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and keep your eyes on those who live as we do, as they are an example for you.

  • Phil 3:12-13
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    12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

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    19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

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    10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

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    15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone.

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    17 Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

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    12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing, so that I can cut off the opportunity of those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

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    1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

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    12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack understanding.