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1 Corinthians 10:33

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

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Being myself an Apostle to the Gentiles, I exalt my office, in the hope that I may stir my countrymen to rivalry, and so save some of them.

So we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.

A man must not study his own interests, but the interests of others.

Love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I shall refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.

Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;

Is this, I ask, trying to conciliate men, or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

They are all pursuing their own aims and not those of Christ Jesus.

For they would prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their Salvation, and thus are always 'filling up the measure of their iniquity.' But the Wrath of God has come upon them to the full!




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