just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
1 Corinthians 10:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let no one then seek his own good and advantage and profit, but [rather] each one of the other [let him seek the welfare of his neighbor]. American Standard Version (1901) Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good. Common English Bible No one should look out for their own advantage, but they should look out for each other. Catholic Public Domain Version Let no one seek for himself, but for others. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let no man seek his own, but that which is another's. |
just as I try to please all men in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.