Philippians 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
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“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
King James Version · Public Domain“not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Philippians 2:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:6But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
- Esther 2:22When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.
- Matthew 18:6But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Romans 14:19So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- Romans 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- 1 Corinthians 10:24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
- 1 Corinthians 12:22On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- 2 Corinthians 6:3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
- 2 Corinthians 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
- James 2:8If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
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