Philippians 2:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no one seek his own good, but each one the good of others.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs;
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 Do not look out only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others.
  • 2 Tim 3:2 : 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica; Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.
  • 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
  • Phil 1:20-21 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will 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 Just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Luke 9:57-62 : 57 And it happened, as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58 And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 59 Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, 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 preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me first go bid them farewell who are at my house. 62 And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.
  • Acts 13:13 : 13 Now when Paul and his company sailed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 15:38 : 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. I pray that it may not be held against them.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

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    2Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

    3Let nothing be done through strife or vanity; but in humility let each consider others better than themselves.

    4Do not look out only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others.

    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  • Phil 2:20
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    20For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Let no one seek his own good, but each one the good of others.

  • 1 Cor 3:21-22
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    21Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours;

    22Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If anyone trusts that he is Christ's, let him think this again in himself, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.

  • Phil 1:15-17
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill:

    16The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains:

    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

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

  • Gal 4:17
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    17They zealously court you, but not for good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may have zeal for them.

  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21Providing honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

  • 1 Cor 1:12
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    12Now I say this, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

  • Phil 3:19
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    19Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.

  • Rom 15:2-3
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    2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

    3For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.

  • Phil 3:7-9
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    7But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.

    8Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

    9And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

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    18For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.

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    22But you know his proven character, that, as a son with his father, he has served with me in the gospel.

  • Phil 1:21
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    21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

  • Rom 12:16
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    16Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

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    6Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not mean that others should be relieved and you burdened;

  • Gal 1:10
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    10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let every man examine his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

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

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    7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

  • Eph 4:20
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    20But you have not so learned Christ,

  • Phil 2:16
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    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor labored in vain.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

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    4For while one says, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal?

  • Phil 3:17
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    17Brothers, join in following my example, and mark those who walk as you have us for a pattern.

  • Phil 3:12-13
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    12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

    13Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

  • Rom 14:19
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    19Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:

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    17Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

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    12But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

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    1Be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.

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    12For we dare not count ourselves among or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves; but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.