Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
But Mordecai heard about the plot and gave the information to Queen Esther. She then told the king about it and gave Mordecai credit for the report.
“Do you intend to stay here while your brothers go across and do all the fighting?” Moses asked the men of Gad and Reuben.
But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.
We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.
Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.
Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?
We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry.
All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.
Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”