even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
Parallel translations
- KJV Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- NASB just as I also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved.
- NLT I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t just do what is best for me; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved.
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Cross-references · 7
- Gal 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
- 1 Cor 10:24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
- 1 Cor 9:19–23For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
- Rom 15:2–3Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
- 2 Cor 12:19Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
- Rom 11:14if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.
- 2 Cor 11:28–29Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
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