What Does ASLAN International Ministry Say About Putting Others Before Your Self?

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Philippians 2:3 ESV / 39 helpful votes Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.Philippians 2:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.Romans 15:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 21 helpful votes Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.Matthew 23:11 ESV / 14 helpful votes The greatest among you shall be your servant.Philippians 2:1-30 ESV / 13 helpful votes So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, …Romans 12:3 ESV / 13 helpful votes For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.John 3:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”John 15:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.Matthew 23:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.John 4:8-9 ESV / 11 helpful votes (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)Luke 10:25-37 ESV / 11 helpful votes And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” …Luke 6:38 ESV / 11 helpful votes Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 11 helpful votes The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. …

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