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Philippians Chapter 2 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Philippians 2:21

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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BBE Philippians 2:21

For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
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DARBY Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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KJV Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
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WBT Philippians 2:21

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WEB Philippians 2:21

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
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YLT Philippians 2:21

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. All of them, he says (οἱ πάντες); Timothy is the one exception. He calls those about him brethren in Philippians 4:21; but, it seems, they were like St. Paul, not willing to spend and to be spent for the salvation of souls. It was a great sacrifice in one who so yearned for Christian sympathy to submit to the absence of the one true loving friend. St. Paul's spiritual isolation increases our wonder and admiration for the strain of holy joy which runs through this Epistle.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.--Compare our Lord's words, "Ye shall be scattered every man to his own (things), and shall leave Me alone" (John 16:32). St. Paul's declaration is startling; for he had certainly some "brethren with him" (Philippians 4:21). But the scanty notice of them in the close of this Epistle contrasts strongly with the detailed and affectionate mention of his companions by name in Colossians 4:7-14; Philemon 1:23-24. It would seem as if at this time he was either separated accidentally from his most trusty disciples, or that there had been a temporary falling away from him, in some degree like that which he describes with so much sadness in 2Timothy 4:9-10; 2Timothy 4:16. His words need not be taken as accusing all of absolute selfishness and unfaithfulness, but they are nevertheless startling enough. . . .