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All to God’s Glory

1 Corinthians 10:33

In 9 translations

BSB
as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
KJV
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
WEB
even 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.
ASV
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
LSV
as I also please all in all things, not seeking my own profit, but that of many—that they may be saved.
YLT
as I also in all things do please all, not seeking my own profit, but that of many — that they may be saved.
DBY
Even as I also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
DRC
As I also in all things please all men, not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that may be saved.
GNV
Euen as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine owne profite, but the profite of many, that they might be saued.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σύμφορον (“profiting”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read συμφέρον (“common profiting”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: σύμφορον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σύμφορον; Robinson–Pierpont read συμφέρον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καθὼς κἀγὼ πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω, μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ σύμφορον ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν, ἵνα σωθῶσιν.
RP2018
καθὼς κἀγὼ πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω, μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ συμφέρον, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν, ἵνα σωθῶσιν.
TR-Boyd
καθὼς κἀγὼ πάντα πᾶσιν ἀρέσκω, μὴ ζητῶν τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ συμφέρον, ἀλλὰ τὸ τῶν πολλῶν, ἵνα σωθῶσι.
SCR1894
καθως καγω παντα πασιν αρεσκω μη ζητων το εμαυτου συμφερον αλλα το των πολλων ινα σωθωσιν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 10:24No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
  • Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:19–23Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though…
  • Romans 15:2–3Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
  • Romans 11:14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
  • 2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:28–29Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

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