selfish ambitions
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3Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself. 4Let each of you not consider anything to be your own, but rather to belong to others.
14But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth. 15For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical. 16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.
19Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence, 20the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, 21envy, murder, inebriation, carousing, and similar things. About these things, I continue to preach to you, as I have preached to you: that those who act in this way shall not obtain the kingdom of God.
15For what is your life? It is a mist that appears for a brief time, and afterwards will vanish away. So what you ought to say is: “If the Lord wills,” or, “If we live,” we will do this or that.
3Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
10For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
14For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
8And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble, 9not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing. 10For whoever wants to love life and to see good days should restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, so that they utter no deceit.
8Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.
24Let no one seek for himself, but for others.
16For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.