Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Holman Bible
Everyone should look out not only for his own interests,
International Standard Version
Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.
A Conservative Version
Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.
American Standard Version
not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Amplified
Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Anderson New Testament
Consider not each one his own gifts, but each one also the gifts of others.
Bible in Basic English
Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
Common New Testament
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let no man consult only his private interest, but let every man consult likewise the interest of others.
Darby Translation
regarding not each his own qualities, but each those of others also.
Godbey New Testament
looking not each after your own interests, but each after that of others.
Goodspeed New Testament
Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.
John Wesley New Testament
Look not every one at his own things, but every one also at the things of others.
Julia Smith Translation
Look ye each not on the things of themselves, but also each the things of others.
King James 2000
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Lexham Expanded Bible
each of you not looking out for {your own interests}, but also each of you [for] {the interests} of others.
Modern King James verseion
Do not let each man look upon his own things, but each man also on the things of others.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and that no man consider his own, but what is mete for others.
Moffatt New Testament
and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.
Montgomery New Testament
Let each have an eye not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
NET Bible
Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
New Heart English Bible
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Noyes New Testament
looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also.
Sawyer New Testament
and let each consider not his own interests, but also those of others.
The Emphasized Bible
Not, to your own things, severally looking, but, to the things of others, severally: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let not each aim at their own particular interests, but every man at those of others.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And one and all should consider, not only their own interests, but also the interests of others.
Webster
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Weymouth New Testament
each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.
Williams New Testament
Stop looking after your own interests only but practice looking out for the interests of others too.
World English Bible
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Worrell New Testament
not looking each to his own things, but each also to the things of others.
Worsley New Testament
Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others.
Youngs Literal Translation
each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.
Themes
Love to man » Saints should » Be disinterested in
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Not seeking our own profit
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Philippians 2:4
Images Philippians 2:4
Prayers for Philippians 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Humility And Unity
3 Do not do anything from rivalry or from empty conceit, but in humility, consider others better than yourselves. 4 Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people. 5 You should think about things the way Christ Jesus did.
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Cross References
Romans 15:1
Now those of us who are strong [spiritually] should put up with [or, help] the failings of [spiritually] weak people, and not [simply] do what pleases ourselves.
1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should look out for his own interests [only], but for the interests of others [as well].
James 2:8
However, you are doing well if you fulfill [i.e., obey] the royal law found in the Scriptures [Lev. 19:18], "You should love your neighbor the same way that you love yourself."
Matthew 18:6
But that person who causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and dumped into a deep ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a heavy circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle].
Romans 12:15
Be happy with those who are joyful. Cry with those who are sad.
Romans 14:19-22
So then, let us pursue such things that produce peace and things that build one another up [spiritually].
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
But pay attention [to this], so that somehow this liberty of yours [i.e., to eat whatever you want to] does not become an occasion over which weak people could fall [away from God].
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
Do not [do what could] cause Jews, Greeks [i.e., Gentiles] or the church of God to fall [away from God].
1 Corinthians 12:22-26
On the contrary, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker [i.e., delicate organs like the heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.] are necessary [for life].
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
[Note: The following traits should be understood in the context of love for people]. Love is patient [with people], and is kind [to them]; love does not envy [what people are or have]; love does not boast [of being superior to others], it is not arrogant [in dealing with people].
2 Corinthians 6:3
[We try] not to place an obstacle in anyone's way [i.e., to keep them from accepting the Gospel message], so that our ministry would not be blamed.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is weak, and I do not feel their weakness? Who is led astray [from God], and I do not burn [i.e., with righteous anger over the one who caused it]?