Philippians 2:4

• §2635Article 3 · In the Age of the ChurchRead at vatican.va

  “In intercession, he who prays looks "not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others," even to the point of praying for those who do him harm.” — Catechism footnote: Phil 2:4; cf. Acts 7:60; Lk 23:28,34.

John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 4

  “And again, when they were inquiring about the dreams,they were looking “not to their own but the common good,”for that they despised death they showed by many things afterwards.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 4; 1 Cor. x. 33.

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Letters Letter 14

  “Let none “seek what is his own, but what is another’s,” as the Apostle says: “Let each one of you please his neighbour for his good unto edifying.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 4, and Rom. xv. 2.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, Letters Letter 190

  “Only let him be a servant of God, “a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,” not “looking on his own things,” but on the things of the most, “that they be saved.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 4.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women II.1Book II

  ““Care not merely about your own (things), but (about your) neighbour’s?”” — editor's note: Comp. 1 Cor. x. 24; xiii. 5; Phil. ii. 4.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy II.27Book II

  “Wherefore that beautiful rule of the Apostle stands forth brightly, that we should look each one, not on his own things, but on the things of others.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 4.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy III.2Book III

  “Wherefore he says in another place: “Let each esteem other better than themselves, looking not each one to his own things, but to the things of others.”” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 3, 4.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 12

  “…of a whole church preferable to the progress of a single soul: and therefore, I ought not to look only on my own interest, but also on that of others.” — editor's note: Phil. ii. 4.

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• Philippians 3:12

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Philippians 3:15

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:16

  Cited together in Letters Letter 190.

• 1 Timothy 5:1

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• 1 Timothy 5:2

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• 2 Timothy 2:15

  Cited together in Letters Letter 190.

• Exodus 17:12

  Cited together in Orations Oration 12.

• Leviticus 8:2

  Cited together in Orations Oration 12.

• Leviticus 10:1

  Cited together in Orations Oration 12.

• Proverbs 9:12

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Ezekiel 28:3

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Matthew 5:48

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• Matthew 23:11

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• Matthew 23:12

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• Luke 23:28

  Cited together in Catechism §2635.

• Luke 23:34

  Cited together in Catechism §2635.

• Acts 7:60

  Cited together in Catechism §2635.

• Romans 12:5

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• Romans 15:2

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 7:29

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.

• 1 Corinthians 10:23

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• 1 Corinthians 10:24

  Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.2.

• 1 Corinthians 12:12

  Cited together in Letters Letter 14.