1 Corinthians 10:33
31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
32 Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
- BLB
- even as I also please all in all things, not seeking my [own] profit, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.
- ÅB
- slik som også jeg i alt streber å tekkes alle og ikke tenker på mitt eget gagn, men på de manges, at de må bli frelst.
- OTB
- Akkurat som jeg prøver å behage alle i alle ting, uten å søke min egen fordel, men den av mange, så de kan bli frelst.
- B1930
- likesom også jeg i alt streber å tekkes alle og ikke tenker på mitt eget gagn, men på de manges, at de må bli frelst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 1:10
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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:24
No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
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 contextRomans 15:2–3
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:19
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.
Read in contextRomans 11:14
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:28–29
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
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