1 Corinthians 10:33 “as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my…”

1 Corinthians 10:33

as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

World English Bible

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

American Standard Version

even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

Geneva Bible 1599

Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

Darby Translation

Even as I also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

Young's Literal Translation

as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many — that they may be saved.

Bible in Basic English

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

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Cross references

“Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”

1 Corinthians 10:24 1 Corinthians 9:19–23 2 Corinthians 12:19 Romans 15:2 Romans 15:3 2 Corinthians 11:28

1 Corinthians 10:24 · BSB

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

1 Corinthians 9:19–23 · BSB

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

2 Corinthians 12:19 · BSB

Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

Romans 15:2 · BSB

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Romans 15:3 · BSB

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

2 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB

Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Also

Galatians 1:10 Romans 11:14

Galatians 1:10 · BSB

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Romans 11:14 · BSB

in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

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