1 Corinthians 10:24
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness 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 then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:4–5
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:21
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:19–23
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
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