if by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
1 Corinthians 10:33 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, 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 by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.