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

⁴ Each of you should not look out for your own interests [only], but also for those of other people.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Common English Bible

⁴ Instead of each person watching out for their own good, watch out for what is better for others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.”