1 Corinthians 10:24
22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
23 “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,
26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- KJV
- Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
- WEB
- Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
- ASV
- Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor`s [good].
- DARBY
- Let no one seek his own [advantage], but that of the other.
- BLB
- Let no one seek the [good] of himself, but that of the other.
- ÅB
- Ingen søke sitt eget, men enhver søke den annens beste!
- OTB
- La ingen søke sitt eget beste, men heller sin nestes.
- B1930
- Ingen søke sitt eget, men enhver søke den annens beste!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 15:1–2
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:4–5
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:19–23
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:5
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:14
See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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