2 Samuel 19:9

19:9 All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:14

19:14 He ¹  won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.”

Galatians 5:20

5:20 idolatry, sorcery, ²  hostilities, ³  strife, ⁴  jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, ⁵  factions,

Galatians 5:26

5:26 Let us not become conceited, ⁶  provoking ⁷  one another, being jealous ⁸  of one another.

Philippians 2:3

2:3 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition ⁹  or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

[19:14]  ¹ tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”

[5:20]  ² tn Or “witchcraft.”

[5:20]  ³ tn Or “enmities,” “[acts of] hatred.”

[5:20]  ⁴ tn Or “discord” (L&N 39.22).

[5:20]  ⁵ tn Or “discord(s)” (L&N 39.13).

[5:26]  ⁶ tn Or “falsely proud.”

[5:26]  ⁷ tn Or “irritating.” BDAG 871 s.v. προκαλέω has “provoke, challenge τινά someone.”

[5:26]  ⁸ tn Or “another, envying one another.”

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “not according to selfish ambition.” There is no main verb in this verse; the subjunctive φρονῆτε (fronhte, “be of the same mind”) is implied here as well. Thus, although most translations supply the verb “do” at the beginning of v. 3 (e.g., “do nothing from selfish ambition”), the idea is even stronger than that: “Don’t even think any thoughts motivated by selfish ambition.”