Ambition
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Ambition (9 Occurrences)

Romans 15:20 making it my ambition, however, not to tell the Good News where Christ's name was already known, for fear I should be building on another man's foundation. (WEY RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 5:9 And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly. (WEY NAS)

Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, (See NIV)

Philippians 1:16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains; (WEB)

Philippians 1:17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News. (See NAS NIV)

Philippians 2:3 doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; (See NIV)

1 Thessalonians 4:11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; (WEB NAS NIV)

James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)

James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus
Ambition (9 Occurrences)
...Ambition (9 Occurrences). ... 2 Corinthians 5:9 And for this reason also we make it our
ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly. (WEY NAS). ...
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Selfish (14 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition,
thinking that they add affliction to my chains; (WEB). ...
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Ambitious (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring;
as, an ambitious style. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AMBITIOUS. ...
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Antiochians
... his entire kingdom. The greatest obstacle to his ambition was the fidelity
of the Jews to their historic religion. Many worldly ...
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Nero
... II. AGRIPPINA'S AMBITION FOR NERO Her Nine Measures for Bringing Him to the
Throne III. NERO'S ... AD). II. Agrippina's Ambition for Nero. She ...
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Jealousy (54 Occurrences)
... James 3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart,
don't boast and don't lie against the truth. (WEB ASV NAS RSV). ...
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Parthians (1 Occurrence)
... Rome into Western Asia. It was the ambition and greed of Crassus that
brought about the clash of Rome and Parthia. When he took ...
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Architecture
... It is clear that Solomon had ambition for architectural greatness, and, following
the example of David (2 Samuel 5:11) he employed Phoenician designers and ...
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Amber (3 Occurrences)

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Testaments
... satrap. As a matter of course, the high-priestly office became the object
of all Jewish ambition and it aroused the darkest passions. ...
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Greek
2052. eritheia -- rivalry, hence ambition
... rivalry, hence ambition. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eritheia
Phonetic Spelling: (er-ith-i'-ah) Short Definition: ambition, rivalry ...
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5389. philotimeomai -- to love or seek after honor
... from a comp. of philos and time Definition to love or seek after honor NASB Word
Usage aspired (1), have as our ambition (1), make it your ambition (1). ...
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Topical Bible Verses
1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
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Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
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Luke 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
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1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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3 John 1:10
Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

2. (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.

3. (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.

Subtopics

Ambition

Ambition: Aaron and Miriam

Ambition: Abimelech

Ambition: Absalom

Ambition: Adam and Eve

Ambition: Adonijah

Ambition: Ahithophel

Ambition: Antichrist

Ambition: Builders of Babel

Ambition: Christ Condemns

Ambition: Connected With: Covetousness

Ambition: Connected With: Cruelty

Ambition: Connected With: Pride

Ambition: Diotrephes

Ambition: Eve

Ambition: Falsely Charged Against Moses

Ambition: God Condemns

Ambition: Haman

Ambition: Korah

Ambition: Korah and his Co-Conspirators

Ambition: Leads to Strife and Contention

Ambition: Lucifer

Ambition: Miriam and Aaron

Ambition: Parable of the Thistle, Illustrating

Ambition: Punishment of

Ambition: Saints Avoid

Ambition: Sennacherib

Ambition: Shebna

Ambition: Sons of Zebedee

Ambition: The Builders of Babel

Ambition: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Ambition: Vanity of

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