Name: Look up the following passages from the New Testament. All of them have something to say practicing selflessness. Explain what is going on in the passage and what they say about practicing selflessness.

Philippians 2:4 ESV Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Luke 6:35 ESV But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 Peter 3:8 ESV Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________John 15:12-14 ESV This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 Peter 1:5-7 ESV For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Galatians 5:14 ESV For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Philippians 2:3 ESV Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1 John 4:10 ESV In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________James 2:5 ESV Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Philippians 4:11-12 ESV Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1 Corinthians 14:1-40 ESV Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Luke 12:13-15 ESVSomeone in the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? And he said to them, Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________