Yes, selfishness is a sin. The Bible calls it by several names: selfish ambition, covetousness and love of self. Paul lists “selfish ambition” among the works of the flesh (Galatians 5:20, NIV) and tells Christians to “do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit” (Philippians 2:3). Augustine and later teachers describe sin itself as love of self set against God. Paul does not leave the warning bare. In the same breath he asks the Philippians to “count others more significant than…

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