For they allseek aftertheir owninterests, not thoseof ChristJesus.
But it cameabout that in the twenty-thirdyearof KingJehoashthe priestshad not repairedthe damagesof the house.
And the dogsare greedy,they are not satisfied.And they are shepherdswho havenounderstanding;They have allturnedto their own way,Eachoneto his unjustgain,to the lastone.
"Ohthat there were one among you who would shutthe gates,that you might not uselesslykindle[fire on] My altar!I am not pleasedwith you," saysthe LORDof hosts,"norwill I acceptan offeringfrom you.
ThenJesussaidto His disciples,"Ifanyonewishesto comeafterMe, he must denyhimself,and takeup his crossand followMe.
"Ifanyonecomesto Me, and does not hatehis own fatherand motherand wifeand childrenand brothersand sisters,yes,and evenhis ownlife,he cannotbe My disciple.
NowPauland his companionsput out to seafrom Paphosand cameto Pergain Pamphylia;but Johnleftthem and returnedto Jerusalem.
But Paulkept insistingthat they should not take him alongwho had desertedthem in Pamphyliaand had not gonewith them to the work.
Let no oneseekhis own[good], but that of his neighbor.
justas I alsopleaseallmen in all things,not seekingmy ownprofitbut the [profit] of the many,sothat they may be saved.
does not act unbecomingly;it does not seekits own,is not provoked,does not take into accounta wrong[suffered],
For justas the sufferingsof Christare oursin abundance,soalsoour comfortis abundantthroughChrist.
do not [merely] lookout for your ownpersonalinterests, but alsofor the interests of others.
You are awareof the factthat allwho are in Asiaturned awayfrom me, among whomare Phygelusand Hermogenes.
For menwill be lovers of self,lovers of money,boastful,arrogant,revilers,disobedientto parents,ungrateful,unholy,
for Demas,having lovedthispresentworld,has desertedme and goneto Thessalonica;Crescens[has gone] to Galatia,Titusto Dalmatia.
At my firstdefenseno onesupportedme, but alldesertedme; may it not be countedagainst them.
