Verse 10

Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 2:4 : 4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
  • Rom 2:29 : 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him. 10 For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad. 11 Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
  • Acts 4:19-20 : 19 But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God: 20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
  • 1 John 3:9 : 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.
  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.
  • Matt 28:14 : 14 And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.
  • Rom 2:8 : 8 But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,