Quotes About Selflessness

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

As Godís steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.