Philippians 2:4

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

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  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 We who are strong ought to bear with the weaknesses of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-33 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God. 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.
  • 1 Cor 12:22-26 : 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable. 23 And the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We give no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • Rom 14:19-22 : 19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened. 22 Do you have faith? Keep it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But be careful that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols? 11 So the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge. 12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

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  • Phil 2:2-3
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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.

  • Phil 2:5-6
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    5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:

    6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

  • 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

  • Phil 2:20-21
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    20 For I have no one else like him, who will genuinely care about your concerns.

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

  • Rom 12:16-17
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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.

    17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gal 6:2-5
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    2 Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

    3 For if anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive themselves.

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

    5 For each one will carry their own load.

  • 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.

  • Rom 15:1-2
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    1 We who are strong ought to bear with the weaknesses of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.

    2 Each of us should please our neighbor for their good, to build them up.

  • Phil 4:8-9
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    8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things.

    9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

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

  • 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

  • 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

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

  • 2 Set your minds on the things above, not on the things on the earth.

  • Phil 3:16-17
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    16 Only let us hold true to what we have already attained.

    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.

  • 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

  • 21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours—

  • 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

  • 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members serve the same function,

  • 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

  • 13 Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

  • 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

  • 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

  • 15 See that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good, both for one another and for everyone.

  • 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.

  • 12 so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

  • 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

  • 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.

  • 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

  • 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

  • 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.

  • 41 Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

  • 16 Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.

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

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

  • 14 Let all that you do be done in love.