Philippians 2:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.
  • Rom 15:1 : 1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this 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 sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-33 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
  • 1 Cor 12:22-26 : 22 On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential, 23 and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, 24 but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member, 25 so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another. 26 If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.
  • 1 Cor 13:4-5 : 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • Rom 14:19-22 : 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble. 22 The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.
  • 1 Cor 8:9-9 : 9 But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. 10 For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience be“strengthened” to eat food offered to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. 12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phil 2:2-3
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    2complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

    3Instead 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.

  • Phil 2:5-6
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    5You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

    6who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

  • Phil 2:20-21
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    20For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

    21Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 12:16-17
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    16Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

    17Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

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

    3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

    5For each one will carry his own load.

  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

  • Rom 15:1-2
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    1Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just 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, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.

    9And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

  • Heb 10:24
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    24And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

  • Col 3:2
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    2Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

  • Phil 3:16-17
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    16Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

    17Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

  • 2 Cor 4:18
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    18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

  • Phil 4:5
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    5Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!

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

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

  • 1 Cor 12:25
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    25so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

  • Eph 4:2
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    2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love,

  • Phil 3:13
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    13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

  • 1 Pet 4:15
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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

  • Matt 7:3
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    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

  • Eph 4:32
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    32Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

  • 1 Pet 3:8
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    8Suffering for Doing Good Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

  • Luke 6:41
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    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

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

  • Rom 14:7
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    7For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Everything you do should be done in love.