each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Parallel translations
- KJV Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- BSB Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- ESV Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- NKJV Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
- NASB do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
- NLT Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
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Cross-references · 12
- 1 Cor 10:24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
- Rom 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Jas 2:8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
- 1 Cor 13:4–5Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,
- 1 Cor 10:32–33Give no occasion for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
- 1 Cor 12:22–26No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
- Rom 14:19–22So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
- 1 Cor 8:9–13But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.
- 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
- 2 Cor 6:3We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
- Matt 18:6but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.
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