²¹ For they all ^(A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

^24 (A)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

⁴ Let each of you ^(A)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him ^(A)deny himself and ^(B)take up his cross and follow me.

³³ just as ^(A)I try to please everyone in everything I do, ^(B)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

² For people will be ^(A)lovers of self, ^(B)lovers of money, ^(C)proud, ^(D)arrogant, abusive, ^(E)disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

⁵ or rude. It ^(A)does not insist on its own way; it ^(B)is not irritable or resentful;^[a]

^26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and ^(B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^(C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

¹⁰ For ^(A)Demas, ^(B)in love with ^(C)this present world, ^(D)has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,^{[a] (E)}Titus to Dalmatia.