Unselfishness

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; — read the full passage →

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

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.

But whoso hath the world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? — read the full passage →

and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.

For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. — read the full passage →

but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be wrath and indignation,

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died;

Salute Prisca and Aquila my fellow-workers in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. — read the full passage →

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

whom I would fain have kept with me, that in thy behalf he might minister unto me in the bonds of the gospel: — read the full passage →

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that one died for all, therefore all died; — read the full passage →

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, — read the full passage →

But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.