Philippians 2:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 let no one seek his own -- but each another's.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil,
  • Phil 2:4 : 4 each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.
  • 2 Tim 3:2 : 2 for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,
  • 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, 15 and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
  • Phil 1:20-21 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death, 21 for to me to live `is' Christ, and to die gain.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many -- that they may be saved.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 And the dogs `are' strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency, And they `are' shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their own way they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,
  • Luke 9:57-62 : 57 And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;' 58 and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.' 59 And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;' 60 and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.' 61 And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;' 62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
  • Mal 1:10 : 10 Who `is' even among you, And he shutteth the two-leaved doors? Yea, ye do not kindle Mine altar for nought, I have no pleasure in you, said Jehovah of Hosts, And a present I do not accept of your hand.
  • Acts 13:13 : 13 And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,
  • Acts 15:38 : 38 and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phil 2:2-5
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    2fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing -- having the same love -- of one soul -- minding the one thing,

    3nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

    4each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

    5For, let this mind be in you that `is' also in Christ Jesus,

  • Phil 2:20
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    20for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

  • 1 Cor 3:21-22
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    21So then, let no one glory 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 about to be -- all are yours,

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we `are' Christ's;

  • Phil 1:15-17
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    15Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

    16the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

    17and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

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

  • Gal 4:17
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    17they are zealous for you -- `yet' not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21providing right things, not only before the Lord, but also before men;

  • 1 Cor 1:12
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    12and I say this, that each one of you saith, `I, indeed, am of Paul' -- `and I of Apollos,' -- `and I of Cephas,' -- `and I of Christ.'

  • Phil 2:30
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    30because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

  • Phil 3:19
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    19whose end `is' destruction, whose god `is' the belly, and whose glory `is' in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

  • Rom 15:2-3
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    2for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,

    3for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

  • Phil 3:7-9
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    7But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

    8yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

    9not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

  • Rom 16:18
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    18for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

  • Phil 2:22
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    22and the proof of him ye know, that as a child `serveth' a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;

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    21for to me to live `is' Christ, and to die gain.

  • Rom 12:16
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    16of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13for not that for others release, and ye pressured, `do I speak,'

  • Gal 1:10
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    10for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other,

  • Rom 8:5
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    5For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

  • Rom 14:7
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    7For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

  • Eph 4:20
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    20and ye did not so learn the Christ,

  • Phil 2:16
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    16the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

  • Phil 1:30
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    30the same conflict having, such as ye saw in me, and now hear of in me.

  • 1 Cor 3:4
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    4for when one may say, `I, indeed, am of Paul;' and another, `I -- of Apollos;' are ye not fleshly?

  • Phil 3:17
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    17become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us -- a pattern;

  • Phil 3:12-13
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    12Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus;

    13brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing -- the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth --

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16in the `places' beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

  • Phil 1:10
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    10for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless -- to a day of Christ,

  • 1 Thess 2:15
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    15who did both put to death the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and did persecute us, and God they are not pleasing, and to all men `are' contrary,

  • Phil 4:17
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    17not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

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    1Followers of me become ye, as I also `am' of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 10:12
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    12For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,