Bible verses about "selfish" | MLV

¹ Now he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. ² But he also saw a certain poor widow casting two bronze-coins in there. ³ And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow cast in more-than they all. ⁴ For all these cast into the gifts of God out of what is abounding to them, but she cast in out of her lacking, all the livelihood that she had.

³ For I say, through the grace which was given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to have high-notions contrary to what he ought to be mindful of. But to be mindful of this grace, that he should be sensible, as God has divided to each one a measure of faith.

⁸ But to those seeking things out of selfish ambition and who are indeed disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, he will repay with fury and wrath,

¹⁰ Be tenderly loving to one another in the love of the brethren; being the leader for one another in honor;

¹⁷ Command the rich in this current age, not to be cavalier, nor to have hope on the uncertainty of riches, but have hope in the living God, who is richly providing to us all things toward enjoyment; ¹⁸ also command them to work what is good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in giving, generous, ¹⁹ storing up for themselves a good foundation toward the future, in order that they may grab the everlasting life.

² For men will be lovers of themselves, money-lovers, braggarts, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

³⁵ I showed to you an example in all things, that so laboring, it is essential to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more fortunate to give than to receive.

²⁴ Let no one seek his own, but each one seek the good of the other.

³ (nothing according to selfish ambition or through empty conceit, but in humility): deeming one another superior to yourselves; ⁴ each one, do not note the things of yourselves, but each one note also the things of others.