5. What does charity not do?
“Charity ... seeketh not her own.” 1 Cor. 13:4, 5.
6. How are we admonished with regard to selfishness?
“Let no man seek his own.” 1 Cor. 10:24. “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.” Phil. 2:4. “Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.” 1 Cor. 10:33. “Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.” Rom. 15:2.
7. What example of unselfishness did Christ leave us?
“For your sakes He became poor.” 2 Cor. 8:9. “Even Christ pleased not Himself.” Rom. 15:3. See 1 John 3:17.
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