Philippians 2:4
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
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
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Read in contextRomans 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextJames 2:8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:4–5
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:32–33
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Read in contextRomans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:22–26
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
Read in contextRomans 14:19–22
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
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