(NIV)
Turn my heart towards your statutes
and not towards selfish gain.
Incline my
heart to your
testimonies,
and
not to
selfish gain!
(NIV)
An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
Whoever
isolates himself seeks his own
desire;
he
breaks out against
all sound judgment.
(NIV)
For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
For I
fear that perhaps when I
come I may
find you not as I
wish, and
that you may
find me
not as you
wish—
that perhaps there may be
quarreling,
jealousy,
anger,
hostility,
slander,
gossip,
conceit, and
disorder.
(NIV)
idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
idolatry,
sorcery,
enmity,
strife,
jealousy, fits of
anger,
rivalries,
dissensions,
divisions,
(NIV)
The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.
The former
proclaim Christ out
of selfish ambition,
not sincerely but
thinking to
afflict me in
my imprisonment.
(NIV)
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
Do
nothing from selfish ambition or conceit,
but in
humility count others more significant than
yourselves.
(NIV)
But if you harbour bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
But if you
have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do
not boast and be
false to the
truth.
(NIV)
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there will be
disorder and every vile practice.
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