Philippians 2:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no one seek his own good, but each one the good of others.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 We who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
  • Matt 18:6 : 6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him that a millstone were hung around his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-33 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 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.
  • 1 Cor 12:22-26 : 22 No, rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. 23 And those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty. 24 But our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacked, 25 that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud, 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs;
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:
  • 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 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak. 22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But take care lest this liberty of yours somehow becomes a stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols? 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will eat no meat as long as the world stands, lest I make my brother stumble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phil 2:2-3
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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.

  • Phil 2:5-6
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    5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

    6Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God:

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

  • Phil 2:20-21
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    20For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.

    21For all seek their own, not the things which are of Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 12:16-17
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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.

    17Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gal 6:2-5
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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

    3For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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

    5For every man shall bear his own burden.

  • 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.

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

    2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

  • Phil 4:8-9
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    8Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

    9The things which you have both learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

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

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

  • Heb 10:24
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    24And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

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

  • Col 3:2
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    2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

  • Phil 3:16-17
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    16Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

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

  • 2 Cor 4:18
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    18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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

  • Phil 4:5
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    5Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

  • Rom 12:4
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    4For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function:

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look straight ahead, and let your eyelids look straight before you.

  • 1 Cor 12:25
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    25that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

  • Eph 4:2
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    2With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;

  • Phil 3:13
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    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,

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone; but always pursue what is good, both for yourselves and for all.

  • 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12That you may walk honestly toward those who are outside, and that you may have lack of nothing.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

  • Matt 7:3
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    3And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?

  • Eph 4:32
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    32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

  • Luke 6:41
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    41And why do you behold the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Therefore do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

  • Rom 14:7
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    7For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.

  • 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 Cor 16:14
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    14Let all that you do be done with love.