Philippians 2:3
1 Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- KJV
- Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- WEB
- doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;
- ASV
- [doing] nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;
- DARBY
- [let] nothing [be] in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
- BLB
- nothing according to self-interest or according to vain conceit, but in humility esteeming one another surpassing yourselves,
- ÅB
- ikke gjør noe av trettesyke eller lyst til tom ære, men i ydmykhet akter hverandre høyere enn dere selv,
- OTB
- Gjør ikke noe av selvisk ambisjon eller tom ærgjerrighet. Men i ydmykhet, sett andre høyere enn dere selv;
- B1930
- ikke gjør noget av trettesyke eller lyst til tom ære, men i ydmykhet akter hverandre høiere enn eder selv,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Read in contextGalatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Read in contextEphesians 5:21
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Read in contextEphesians 4:2
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
Read in context1 Peter 5:5
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Read in contextJames 3:14–16
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Read in contextJames 4:5–6
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Read in contextPhilippians 2:14
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
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