Philippians 2:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not [merely] his own interests, but also each for the interests of others.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Instead of each person watching out for their own good, watch out for what is better for others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Each one not considering the things that are his own, but those that are other men's.

Philippians 2:4 Cross References

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 been 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 12:16 Have the same [good] thoughts toward one another. Do not [always] be thinking you are a “big shot,” but lower yourself to accept humble tasks [or, humble people]. Do not think you are so smart.

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].

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]?

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.

Philippians 2:21

For everyone else is looking out for his own interests, not for those of Jesus Christ.

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.”