Philippians 2:4
2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
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:
6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- KJV
- Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- WEB
- each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
- ASV
- not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
- DARBY
- regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.
- BLB
- each looking at not the things of yourselves, but each also the things of others.
- ÅB
- og ikke ser hver på sitt eget, men enhver også på andres beste.
- OTB
- se ikke bare på deres egne interesser, men også på andres.
- B1930
- og ikke ser hver på sitt eget, men enhver også på andres beste.
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 contextRomans 15:1
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextJames 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:4–5
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:32–33
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
Read in contextRomans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:22–26
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
Read in contextRomans 14:19–22
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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