Bible Verses About Selfishness

And he said vnto her, What wouldest thou? She said to him, Graunt that these my two sonnes may sit, the one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy kingdome.

And the second is like vnto this, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

And they said to him, Graunt vnto vs, that we may sit, one at thy right hand, and the other at thy left hand in thy glory.

For if yee loue them which loue you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners loue those that loue them.

And if ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke shall ye haue? for euen the sinners doe the same.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receiue, what thanke shall yee haue? for euen the sinners lend to sinners, to receiue the like.

Iesus saide vnto them, My meate is that I may doe the will of him that sent me, and finish his worke.

Iesus answered them; and sayde, Verely, verely I say vnto you, ye seeke me not because ye sawe the miracles, but because yee ate of ye loaues, and were filled.

For as wee haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office,

So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

But if thy brother be grieued for the meate, nowe walkest thou not charitably: destroy not him with thy meate, for whome Christ dyed.

We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.

Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.

For Christ also would not please himselfe, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me.

For though I bee free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruant vnto all men, that I might winne the moe.

And vnto the Iewes, I become as a Iewe, that I may winne the Iewes: to them that are vnder the Lawe, as though I were vnder the Lawe, that I may winne them that are vnder the Lawe:

To them that are without Lawe, as though I were without Lawe, (when I am not without Lawe as pertaining to God, but am in the Lawe through Christ) that I may winne them that are without Lawe:

To the weake I become as weake, that I may winne the weake: I am made all thinges to all men, that I might by all meanes saue some.

And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

Let no man seeke his owne, but euery man anothers wealth.

Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, which is one, though they be many, yet are but one body: euen so is Christ.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we bee Iewes, or Grecians, whether we be bonde, or free, and haue bene all made to drinke into one Spirit.

For the body also is not one member, but many.

If the foote would say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the body?