61 Bible Verses about Unselfishness

I can do nothing of my self: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father that hath sent me.

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

Then Jesus called his disciples to Him and said, I am moved with compassion to the multitude, for they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: I will not let them go away fasting, least they faint in the way.

who knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that He came from God, and was going to God, riseth from supper, and turneth aside his clothes, and took a towel and tied it about Him; and then pouring water into a bason, began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

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

it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant: as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

But it shall not be so among you: but whoever would be great among you shall be your minister; and whoever of you would be first shall be servant of all. For the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be as God. Yet He emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, when made in the likeness of men:read more.
and being in the human state, He humbled himself, and was obedient even unto death, and that the death of the cross.

For this doth the Father love me; because I lay down my life: that I may take it again. None taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

For when we were yet without strength, Christ died in due season for the ungodly. Whereas one would hardly die for a just man, though perhaps for a good man one might dare even to die. But God recommendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For in the first place I delivered to you, that which I also received, to wit, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures:

For the love of Christ constraineth us, being fully persuaded of this, that if One died for all, then were all dead.

who died for us, that whether we be awake, or asleep, we may live together with Him.

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously. Who Himself bare our sins in his own body on the cross, that we being dead to sins, might live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye are healed.

As Christ also once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust (that He might introduce us to God) being indeed put to death in the flesh, but raised to life by the Spirit:

who gave himself a ransom for all, a testimony to be published in due time,

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:

And calling the people and his disciples to Him, He said unto them, Whosoever is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me:

And He said unto them all, if any one is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me:

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

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin:

And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

which according to your former conversation was corrupted with deceitful lusts,

Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain: and if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: so that I know not what to chuse; for I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is much preferable:read more.
but to abide in the flesh is more necessary for you.

which were once gain to me, I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless and I count all but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and I account them but dung, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is by the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: that I may know Him,read more.
and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; if by any means I may attain to the resurrection of the dead:

Look not every one to his own interests only, but every one also to the concerns of others. Let the same mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

If I then your Lord and Master have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

In this we know his love, that He laid down his life for us: and we should be ready to lay down our lives for the brethren.

We love Him, because He first loved us. If any one say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for how can he, that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, love God whom he hath not seen? And we have this commandment from Him, that he, who loveth God, should love his brother also.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, fidelity, meekness, temperance: against such things there is no law. And they, that are Christ's, have crucified the flesh with it's passions and desires.read more.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be vain-glorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

be tenderly affected with brotherly love to each other, in honor preferring one another:

If all things be lawful for me, yet all things are not expedient: all things may be lawful for me, but all things do not edify. Let no one seek his own only, but every one another's benefit.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:

Now we that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves: but let every one of us please our neighbor for his good, to his edification.

But see that this liberty of yours be not by any means a stumbling-block to the weak.

bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if any one has a complaint against any: even as Christ hath forgiven you, so also do ye.

to be rich in good works, to be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than themselves.

Be alike affected to each other: not aiming at high things, but accommodating yourselves to persons of low rank. Be not wise in your own conceit.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. For if any one thinketh that he is something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

and with long-suffering forbear one another in love,

submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of God.

Finally, my beloved, be unanimous, be sympathizing, love as brethren, be compassionate, be courteous:

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder; and all of you behaving with due submission one to another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.

But ye shall not do so: but let the greatest among you be as the younger; and he that presides as he that serveth.

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only abuse not this liberty for an occasion to indulge the flesh, but by mutual love serve one another.

as every one hath received a gift, imparting it to each other, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

taking the episcopal charge of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with a ready mind:

And as Jesus was sitting over against the treasury, He saw how the people threw money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in much; and there came a poor widow and put in two mites, that is, a farthing. And He called his disciples to Him, and saith unto them, Verily I tell you, that this poor widow has given more than all those who have cast into the treasury.read more.
For they all have contributed out of their abundance: but she out of her penury hath given all that she had, even her whole living.

And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the parts adjacent to Tyre and Sidon. And there came out of those quarters a Canaanitish woman, and cried to Him saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; for my daughter is grievously tormented by a demon. But he answered her not a word: and his disciples came and intreated Him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth importunately after us.read more.
But he answered and said, I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. However, she came and worshipped Him, saying, Lord help me. But he answered, It is not fit to take the children's bread and throw it to dogs: and she said, True, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering, said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it therefore unto thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was cured from that very hour.

And when Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came to Him a woman with an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as He was at table: but when his disciples saw it, they were some of them provoked at it, and said, Wherefore is this waste?read more.
for this ointment might have been sold for a great deal of money, and given to the poor. But Jesus, knowing what passed, said to them, Why do ye give the woman uneasiness? for she has done a good office to me: (seeing ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always:) for in pouring this ointment on my body, she has embalmed me for my burial. Verily I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached, in the whole world, what she hath done shall also be spoken of for a memorial of her.

And when He was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was at table, there came a woman with an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very valuable; and she brake the box and poured it on his head. And there were some provoked at it and said, Why was this waste made of the ointment? For it might have been sold for above three hundred pence, and given to the poor. And they inveighed against her.read more.
But Jesus said, Let her alone, why do ye give her uneasiness? She has done a kind office to me. For ye have the poor always with you, and may do them good, whenever ye will; but me ye have not always. She has done what she could: she has embalmed my body beforehand against the burial. Verily I tell you, wheresoever this gospel is preached, through all the world, what she hath done shall also be told for a memorial of her.

John answered and said, A man can take nothing upon him, unless it be given him from heaven. Ye your selves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with great joy at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore my joy is complete.read more.
He must increase, but I must decrease.

And the heart and soul of the multitude that believed was one: no one called any of his possessions his own property, but they had all things common. And with great power did the apostles give their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any indigent person among them; for as many as were proprietors of lands or houses, sold them and brought the prices of what were sold,read more.
and laid them at the apostles feet; and distribution was made to every one according to their necessity. So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation, a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, having an estate, sold it and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

Salute Priscilla and Aquila my fellow-laborers in Christ Jesus: (who for my life exposed their own; to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:)

I beseech you, brethren, (for ye know the family of Stephanas, that they are the first-fruits of Achaia, and

For I have no one of a like spirit, who will with a kind of natural affection take care of your affairs. For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and have such in high esteem: because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his own life, so that he might fill up what was wanting in your kind offices towards me.

Behave inoffensively both to the Jews, and to the Greeks, and to the church of God. Even as I also endeavour to please all men in all things, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

Be ye then imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.