Philippians 2:4 KJV — MannaFest

Philippians 2:4

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

YLT

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

DBT

regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.

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Philippians — A prison letter dominated by joy. Four chapters move from partnership in the gospel through the humility of Christ to pressing on to contentment.

Author: Paul, with Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 61–62, from Roman imprisonment

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1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Romans 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
James 2:8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
1 Corinthians 13:4–5
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Romans 15:5
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

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We must love our neighbour as ourselves, and make his case our own. Here is a gospel pattern proposed to our imitation, and that is the example of our Lord Jesus Christ: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The oldest manuscripts read, "Not looking each of you (plural, Greek) on his own things (that is, not having regard solely to them), but each of you on the things of others" also.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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