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Self-seeking (2 Occurrences)
Self-seeking. Self-same, Self-seeking. Self-sown . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Multi-Version Concordance Self-seeking (2 Occurrences). ...
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Self-same (17 Occurrences)
Self-same. Selfsame, Self-same. Self-seeking . Multi-Version Concordance
Self-same (17 Occurrences). ... Selfsame, Self-same. Self-seeking . Reference Bible
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Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT ...
/u/unrighteousness.htm - 22k

Indignation (56 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS). ...
/i/indignation.htm - 24k

Reject (56 Occurrences)
... (WBS NIV). Romans 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth,
but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, (See NIV). ...
/r/reject.htm - 21k

Ear (670 Occurrences)
... ear is "hardened" (Isaiah 6:10 Zechariah 7:11 Matthew 13:15 Acts 28:27), or "heavy"
(Isaiah 6:10 Deuteronomy 29:4), either by self-seeking obstinacy or by the ...
/e/ear.htm - 42k

Ambitious (6 Occurrences)
... Romans 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, (See NAS). ...
/a/ambitious.htm - 9k

Selfsurrender
... self-su-ren'-der: The struggle between the natural human impulses of selfseeking,
self-defence and the like, on the one hand, and the more altruistic impulse ...
/s/selfsurrender.htm - 17k

Self-sown (1 Occurrence)
Self-sown. Self-seeking, Self-sown. Selfsurrender . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(YLT). Self-seeking, Self-sown. Selfsurrender . Reference Bible.
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Self-surrender
... self-su-ren'-der: The struggle between the natural human impulses of selfseeking,
self-defence and the like, on the one hand, and the more altruistic impulse ...
/s/self-surrender.htm - 17k

Bible Concordance

Self-seeking (2 Occurrences)

Romans 2:8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,
(WEB NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
(See NIV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

2. (n.) The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.

Greek

2052. eritheia -- rivalry, hence ambition
... rivalry Definition: (the seeking of followers and adherents by means of gifts, the
seeking of followers, hence) ambition, rivalry, self-seeking; a feud, faction ...
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572. haplotes -- singleness, hence simplicity
... From haplous; singleness, ie (subjectively) sincerity (without dissimulation or
self-seeking), or (objectively) generosity (copious bestowal) -- bountifulness ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/572.htm - 7k

Library

Letter cv. (To Pulcheria Augusta About the Self-Seeking of ...
... (To Pulcheria Augusta about the self-seeking of Anatolius.). (To Pulcheria Augusta
about the self-seeking of Anatolius.) Leo the bishop to Pulcheria Augusta. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cv to pulcheria augusta.htm

Letter cvi. To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in Rebuke of ...
... To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in rebuke of his self-seeking. To Anatolius,
Bishop of Constantinople, in rebuke of his self-seeking. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cvi to anatolius bishop.htm

Self is the Root, the Tree, and the Branches of all the Evils of ...
... Self-love, self-esteem, and self-seeking, are the very essence, and life of pride;
and the devil the first father of pride, is never absent from them, nor ...
/.../address 111 0 0 self is the.htm

The Two Masters, Self and Truth
... But the lovers of Truth worship Truth with the sacrifice of self, and ceaselessly
guard themselves against worldliness and self-seeking. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/allen/the way of peace/the two masters self and.htm

The Meaning of Sin, and the Revelation of the True Self
... This we must now expand. There is nothing morally wrong in the self-seeking of the
animal. Moral evil"sin"only arises when two conditions are fulfilled. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/beibitz/gloria crucis/iv the meaning of sin.htm

What Constitutes Disobedience to Moral Law?
... flesh, which the apostle affirms to be "enmity against God." It is the universal
representation of scripture, that sin consists in the spirit of self-seeking. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xvi what constitutes disobedience.htm

Letter civ. Leo, the Bishop, to Marcian Augustus.
... I am surprised and grieved that the peace of the universal Church which had been
divinely restored is again being disturbed by a spirit of self-seeking. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter civ leo the bishop.htm

First, I am to Consider what the Keeping of the Heart Supposes and ...
... his Maker, as the First Cause, by self-dependence; as the Chief Good, by self-love;
as the Highest Lord, by self-will; and as the Last End, by self-seeking. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/first i am to consider.htm

Pope Anterus.
... Nor can he be said to transfer himself from a smaller city to a larger, who is placed
in that position not by his own self-seeking or his own choice, but ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/pope anterus.htm

67689:67697 the Rebuke of Peter
... Very striking is the moderation of Jesus, Who does not refuse discipleship to
self-seeking wishes but only to the self-seeking will, in which wishes have ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 8 32 - 9 1 the.htm

Subtopics

Self-seeking

Related Terms

Self-same (17 Occurrences)

Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)

Indignation (56 Occurrences)

Reject (56 Occurrences)

Ear (670 Occurrences)

Ambitious (6 Occurrences)

Selfsurrender

Self-sown (1 Occurrence)

Self-surrender