 Now, this word selfishness is an interesting word. We kind of know what selfishness is, right? We're human beings. We're selfish by our old nature, aren't we? We know what selfishness is, but here, this word's an interesting word. The Greek word is aretheia, and it speaks of basically a laborer or a hireling, and the word came to speak of one who went out for their own gain without respect to others.