Selfishness

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, evil-speakers, to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind, — read the full passage →

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him--how doth the love of God remain in him?

let no one seek his own--but each another's.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves-- — read the full passage →

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members? — read the full passage →

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; — read the full passage →

and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,

let us not become vain-glorious--one another provoking, one another envying!

no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.

and the second <FI>is<Fi> like <FI>it<Fi> , this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; --greater than these there is no other command.'

And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

Let no one say, being tempted--`From God I am tempted,' for God is not tempted of evil, and Himself doth tempt no one, — read the full passage →

and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what <FI>is<Fi> the profit?

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me--let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

and those who are Christ's, the flesh did crucify with the affections, and the desires;

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.'

And this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous times, — read the full passage →

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them--Diotrephes--doth not receive us;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

and if through victuals thy brother is grieved, no more dost thou walk according to love; do not with thy victuals destroy that one for whom Christ died.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices; — read the full passage →

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am <FI>he<Fi> , and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them; — read the full passage →

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing,

The Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth! — read the full passage →

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity--but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.