Regard One Another

16.  “Regard One Another as more important than yourself"

My goal for today is to “Regard one another better than myself”

God’s Word declares: Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves”

Other translations:

"Do nothing in a spirit of factiousness or of vainglory, but, with true humility, let every one regard the rest as being of more account than himself;"  (Weymouth)

“Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves.” (CEV)

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; (NASB)

“Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.”  (The Message)

“nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves (Young’s Literal Translation)

“Don’t do anything for selfish purposes but with humility think of others as better than yourselves.” Common English Bible)

“When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be your guide. Instead, be humble and give more honor to others than to yourselves.” (New Century Version)

Cross References

Romans 2:8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

Galatians 5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

Colossians 3:12 So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;

1 Peter 3:8 To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;

“Each year a small number of baseball superstars think they aren't being properly appreciated by their teams' owners. They are dissatisfied with their salaries even though they make more money in one year than most of us do in a lifetime. Their discontent is based on comparison. Each player considers him-self the best at his position and therefore thinks he should receive the largest salary.

Before the advent of multimillion dollar sports contracts, C. S. Lewis made this insightful, almost prophetic, comment: "We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or clev­erer, or better looking than others. If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking, there would be nothing to be proud about."

Pride afflicts all of us, not just the rich and famous. It is pride that causes us to feel hurt when someone snubs us, ignores us, or takes credit for something we did. Pride is behind the envy we feel toward people who are more successful than we are.

Christ's solution for pride is the only cure: consider others better than ourselves.”—H V Lugt

 

My choosing to “to regard one another more important than myself” will enable me to fulfill the law of  Christ, the “new commandment” of the “new covenant” in which Jesus stated, “By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another.”

People who need to see a demonstration of my regarding them as more important than myself today include:  (list names)

Regarding others more important than myself will help me to grow in the following area(s):  (list)

Regarding others more important than myself one another will help me to gain victory over: 

How am I like Jesus when I put into practice Philippians 2:3?