Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
- BSB Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- NKJV Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.
- NASB Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
- NLT We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.
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Cross-references · 7
- 1 Cor 10:24Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.
- Rom 14:19So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.
- Phil 2:4–5each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
- 1 Cor 10:33even 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.
- 1 Cor 9:19–22For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
- 1 Cor 13:5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
- Titus 2:9–10Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
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