For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
Ver. 21. For all seek their own] If it were so then, what wonder if now, as was so long since foretold, 2 Timothy 3:2. Self must be shouldered out, and Christ's share studied more than our own; all private interests let fall, and all self-respect drowned in the glory of God and the public good; or else we want that pious ingenuity that becometh saints. It is said of Cato, that he did- toti genitum se credere mundo, That the care of the community lay upon him. (Lucan.) Timothy was of a choice and excellent spirit that naturally cared for the Churches' welfare; few such today. See Trapp on " Php 2:3 "