Philippians 2:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Philippians 2:4 —

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Cross-References

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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, …
1 Corinthians 10:32-33
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: …

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

The apostle proceeds in this chapter where he left off in the last, with further exhortations to Christian duties. He presses them largely to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, in conformity to the example of the Lord Jesus, the great pattern of humility and love. Here we may observe, I. The great gospel precept passed upon us; that is, to love one another. This is the law of Christ’s kingdom,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. 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. Compare Php 2:21; also Paul’s own example (Php 1:24).