if I might somehow make my own people , jealous and save some of them.
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Just as I myself strive to please [to accommodate myself to the opinions, desires, and interests of others, adapting myself to] all men in everything I do, not aiming at or considering my own profit and advantage, but that of the many in order that they may be saved. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible This is the same thing that I do. I please everyone in everything I do. I don’t look out for my own advantage, but I look out for many people so that they can be saved. Catholic Public Domain Version just as I also, in all things, please everyone, not seeking what is best for myself, but what is best for many others, so that they may be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that may be saved. |
if I might somehow make my own people , jealous and save some of them.
in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.
is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
Look, I am ready to come to you this third time. I will not burden you, since I am not seeking what is yours, but you. For children ought not to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.
For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.