Philippians 2:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

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  • Rom 12:10 : 10 Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
  • Gal 5:26 : 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
  • 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
  • Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
  • Gal 5:15 : 15 However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • Col 3:8 : 8 But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth.
  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”? 6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
  • Phil 1:15-17 : 15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. 16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.
  • Phil 2:14 : 14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
  • Luke 14:7-9 : 7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them, 8 “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. 9 So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place. 10 But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you,‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 1 Cor 15:9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.

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    19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

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    29 so that no one can boast in his presence.

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