What does the Bible say about Self-Centeredness?
Matthew 20:26–28 (NKJV) “Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Luke 9:23–25 (NKJV) “Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?””
Luke 17:33 (NKJV) “Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.”
Romans 12:3 (NKJV) “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.”
Romans 12:10 (NKJV) “Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;”
Romans 15:2–3 (NKJV) “Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.””
Romans 16:18 (NKJV) “For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.”
1 Corinthians 10:24 (NKJV) “Let no one seek his own, but each one the other’s well-being.”
1 Corinthians 13:4 (NKJV) “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;”
Philippians 2:3 (NKJV) “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.”
James 3:14–16 (NKJV) “But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.”
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