1 Corinthians 10:24

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Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:33 : 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:4-5 : 4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. 5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
  • 2 Cor 12:14 : 14 Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
  • Rom 15:1-2 : 1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-23 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law(though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law. 21 To those free from the law I became like one free from the law(though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. 22 To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some. 23 I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

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    3Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself.

    4Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

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    23Live to Glorify God“Everything is lawful,” but not everything is beneficial.“Everything is lawful,” but not everything builds others up.

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    25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,

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    1Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

    2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

  • 1 Cor 10:31-33
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    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

    32Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

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  • 2 Cor 8:13-15
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    13For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

    14At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

    15as it is written:“The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

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    29I do not mean yours but the other person’s. For why is my freedom being judged by another’s conscience?

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    4Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

    5For each one will carry his own load.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another.

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    30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

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    16Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil.

  • Luke 12:30-31
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    30For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

    31Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

  • Heb 10:24
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    16Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

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  • Matt 6:32-33
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    7For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

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    10So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

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    15See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

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    7Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

  • Prov 5:10
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    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

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    12In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

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    21For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk.

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    27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

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    25so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.