Philippians 2:21

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“For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.”

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BSBPD

“For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Philippians 2:21 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Kings 12:6By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
  2. Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
  3. Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
  4. Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
  5. Luke 9:57As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
  6. Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  7. Acts 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
  8. Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
  9. 1 Corinthians 10:24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  10. 1 Corinthians 10:33as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
  11. 1 Corinthians 13:5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
  12. 2 Corinthians 1:5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
  13. 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  14. Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
  15. Philippians 2:4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
  16. 2 Timothy 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  17. 2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
  18. 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  19. 2 Timothy 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

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