if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Revised Version 1885 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. 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 jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden 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.
Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
For am I now persuading men, or God? or am I seeking to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins alway: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.