Bible verses about "selfish" | Moffatt

¹ Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, ² and noticed a poor widow putting two little coins in. ³ He said, "I tell you plainly, this poor widow has put in more than them all; ⁴ for these people all contributed out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all her living."

³ In virtue of my office, I tell everyone of your number who is self-important, that he is not to think more of himself than he ought to think; he must take a sane view of himself, corresponding to the degree of faith which God has assigned to each.

⁸ but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness —

¹⁰ Put affection into your love for the brotherhood; be forward to honour one another;

¹⁷ Charge the rich of this world not to be supercilious, and not to fix their hopes on so uncertain a thing as riches but on the living God who richly provides us with all the enjoyments of life; ¹⁸ tell them to be bountiful, rich in good works, open-handed and generous, ¹⁹ amassing right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order to secure the life which is life indeed.

² For men will be selfish, fond of money, boastful, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreverent,

³⁵ I showed you how this was the way to work hard and succour the needy, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, 'To give is happier than to get.'"

²⁴ Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.

³ never acting for private ends or from vanity, but humbly considering each other the better man, ⁴ and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.