1 Corinthians 10:33

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.”

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BSBPD

“as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many--that they may be saved.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 10:33 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Romans 11:14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  2. Romans 15:2Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
  3. 1 Corinthians 9:19Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  5. 2 Corinthians 11:28Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
  6. 2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
  7. Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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