Philippians 2:21
19 Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.
20 I have nobody else like him who will genuinely care for your needs.
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
23 So I hope to send him as soon as I see what happens with me.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- KJV
- For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
- WEB
- For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- ASV
- For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- DARBY
- For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- BLB
- For those all seek the things of themselves, not the things of Jesus Christ.
- ÅB
- for de søker alle sitt eget, ikke det som hører Kristus Jesus til;
- OTB
- For de søker alle sitt eget, ikke det som hører Kristus Jesus til.
- B1930
- for de søker alle sitt eget, ikke det som hører Kristus Jesus til;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:33
as 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.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:4
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Read in contextMatthew 16:24
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:5
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:2
For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Read in contextIsaiah 56:11
Like 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:
Read in contextLuke 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.
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