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King James Version

Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Selfishness;   Timothy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Selfishness;   Selfishness-Unselfishness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Devotedness to God;   Selfishness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Immortality;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pastor;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Philippians, the Epistle to the;   Timothy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Letter Form and Function;   Philippians;   Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Philippians, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brotherly Love;   Care, Careful;   Demas ;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Jesus;   Philippians Epistle to the;   Timothy;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Love;   Philippians, the Epistle to;   Timothy;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Others are interested only in their own lives. They don't care about the work of Christ Jesus.
Revised Standard Version
They all look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For all other seke ytir awne and not that which is Iesus Christes
Hebrew Names Version
For they all seek their own, not the things of Yeshua the Messiah.
New American Standard Bible
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
New Century Version
Other people are interested only in their own lives, not in the work of Jesus Christ.
Update Bible Version
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Webster's Bible Translation
For all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
English Standard Version
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
World English Bible
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For all seek their own, not the things of Christ.
Weymouth's New Testament
Everybody concerns himself about his own interests, not about those of Jesus Christ.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For alle men seken tho thingis that ben her owne, not tho that ben of Crist Jhesu.
English Revised Version
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Berean Standard Bible
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Contemporary English Version
The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus.
Amplified Bible
For the others [who deserted me after my arrest] all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
American Standard Version
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
Bible in Basic English
For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
Complete Jewish Bible
people all put their own interests ahead of the Messiah Yeshua's.
Darby Translation
For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.
International Standard Version
For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus Christ.1 Corinthians 10:24,33; 13:5; 1 Corinthians 10:24,33, 2 Timothy 4:10,16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For all are seeking what is theirs, and not what is of Jeshu Meshiha.
Murdock Translation
For they all seek their own, not the [fn] of Jesus the Messiah.
King James Version (1611)
For all seeke their owne, not the things which are Iesus Christs.
New Living Translation
All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.
New Life Bible
Everyone else thinks of himself instead of Jesus Christ.
New Revised Standard
All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For all seeke their owne, and not that which is Iesus Christes.
George Lamsa Translation
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ''s.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, they all, their own things, do seek, not the things of Christ Jesus;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For all seek the things that are their own not the things that are Jesus Christ’s.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all seeke their owne, not the thynges which are Iesus Christes.
Good News Translation
Everyone else is concerned only with their own affairs, not with the cause of Jesus Christ.
Christian Standard Bible®
all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Lexham English Bible
For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Literal Translation
For all seek their own things, not the things of Christ Jesus.
Young's Literal Translation
for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for all other seke their awne, not that which is Iesus Christes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the most consult their private advantage, and neglect the dispensation of Jesus Christ.
New English Translation
Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
New King James Version
For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Most people only ride for themselves, but Timothy rides for the Lord.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
Legacy Standard Bible
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

Contextual Overview

14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Philippians 2:4, Isaiah 56:11, Malachi 1:10, Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:57-62, Luke 14:26, Acts 13:13, Acts 15:38, 1 Corinthians 10:24, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 2 Timothy 1:15, 2 Timothy 3:2, 2 Timothy 4:10, 2 Timothy 4:16

the: Philippians 1:20, Philippians 1:21, 2 Corinthians 1:5, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:14 - anger Exodus 36:5 - General Judges 5:16 - sheepfolds Judges 8:6 - General 2 Samuel 3:21 - will gather 2 Kings 12:6 - the priests Nehemiah 5:16 - all my Hosea 10:1 - an empty vine Haggai 1:4 - to Luke 10:2 - are John 6:26 - Ye seek Romans 16:18 - serve Galatians 4:17 - zealously Philippians 3:19 - whose God

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.
Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For all seek their own,.... Meaning not every individual, but the greatest part; and not merely such as were manifestly false teachers, but such as were with the apostle, as ministers of the word; and we may suppose him to be stripped, by one means or another, of the more valuable preachers of the Gospel, and to be in much such a case as he describes himself to be, in 2 Timothy 4:10. He had none with him, excepting a very few, but such as he speaks of in the preceding chapter, that preached Christ of envy, strife, and contention; and these chiefly sought their own worldly interest and advantage; they sought great things for themselves, and looked every man for his gain from his quarter, Demas like, loving this present world, 2 Timothy 4:10; they sought for dominion and authority over men, and their faith, to lord it over God's heritage, as Diotrephes, who loved to have the preeminence, 3 John 1:9; they sought for popular applause, for honour and glory of men, as the Pharisees of old did; and particularly their own ease and health, and did not choose to undertake such a fatiguing journey as from Rome to Philippi:

not the things which are Jesus Christ; they had no true regard to the Gospel of Christ, to the continuance, establishment, and spread of it in the world, or in any particular place; nor any hearty affection for the ordinances of Christ, and the retaining and preserving of them in their purity and simplicity; nor for the churches of Christ, and their spiritual good and welfare, as the Jews formerly, they cared not if the house of God lay waste, provided they dwelt in their ceiled houses; nor had they any concern for the honour and glory of Christ. But Timothy was a man of a quite different spirit and complexion; and which is another reason of the apostle's sending him to this place and people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all seek their own - That is, all who are with me. Who Paul had with him at this time is not fully known, but he doubtless means that this remark should apply to the mass of Christians and Christian ministers then in Rome. Perhaps he had proposed to some of them to go and visit the church at Philippi, and they had declined it because of the distance and the dangers of the way. When the trial of Paul came on before the emperor, all who were with him in Rome fled from him 2 Timothy 4:16, and it is possible that the same disregard of his wishes and his welfare had already begun to manifest itself among the Christians who were at Rome, so that he was constrained to say that, as a general thing, they sought their own ease and comfort, and were unwilling to deny themselves in order to promote the happiness of those who lived in the remote parts of the world. Let us not be harsh in judging them. How many professing Christians in our cities and towns are there now who would be willing to leave their business and their comfortable homes and go on embassy like this to Philippi? How many are there who would not seek some excuse, and show that it was a characteristic that they “sought their own” rather than the things which pertained to the kingdom of Jesus Christ?

Not the things which are Jesus Christ’s - Which pertain to his cause and kingdom. They are not willing to practice self-denial in order to promote that cause. It is implied here:

(1) That it is the duty of those who profess religion to seek the things which pertain to the kingdom of the Redeemer, or to make that the great and leading object of their lives. They are bound to be willing to sacrifice their own things - to deny themselves of ease, and to be always ready to expose themselves to peril and want if they may be the means of advancing his cause.

(2) That frequently this is not done by those who profess religion. It was the case with the professed Christians at Rome, and it is often the case in the churches now. There are few Christians who deny themselves much to promote the kingdom of the Redeemer; few who are willing to lay aside what they regard as their own in order to advance his cause. People live for their own ease; for their families; for the prosecution of their own business - as if a Christian could have anything which he has a right to pursue independently of the kingdom of the Redeemer, and without regard to his will and glory.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. For all seek their own — This must relate to the persons who preached Christ even of envy and strife, Philippians 1:15; these must be very careless whether souls were saved or not by such preaching; and even those who preached the Gospel out of good will might not be fit for such an embassy as this, which required many sacrifices, and consequently much love and zeal to be able to make them.


 
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