A Biblical View of Self – 3

The Christian Working Woman · Apr 22, 2026 · 3m

Stop and think: Where in Scripture do you find the term self-esteem? How about self-love? I'll save you some trouble; you won't find those terms in Scripture. They, along with self-actualization and a few others, are buzzwords of our contemporary society. Of course, there are many words and phrases we use today which are not used in Scripture, and vice-versa, so the issue is the meaning and philosophy that has grown up around those terms. Scripture gives a different perspective of these self issues. The only mention of self-love in the Bible is that we should love our neighbor as ourselves…