1 Corinthians 10:33

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Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.

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  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
  • 2 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 Again, do you think that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking before God in Christ, and all these things, beloved, are for your edification.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Rom 11:14 : 14 In the hope that I may somehow provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • Rom 15:2-3 : 2 Each of us should please our neighbor for their good, to build them up. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; as it is written: 'The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.'
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. 22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

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    17If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility.

    18What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

    19For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.

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    14In the hope that I may somehow provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

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