1 Corinthians 10:33
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33 just as (A)I try to please everyone in everything I do, (B)not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.
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1 Corinthians 10:33
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33 even as I try to please everyone in every way.(A) For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many,(B) so that they may be saved.(C)
1 Corinthians 10:24
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24 (A)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
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1 Corinthians 10:24
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24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.(A)
Galatians 1:10
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10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (A)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (B)servant[a] of Christ.
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- Galatians 1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Galatians 1:10
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10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(A) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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19 For (A)though I am free from all, (B)I have made myself a servant to all, that I might (C)win more of them. 20 (D)To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To (E)those outside the law I became (F)as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but (G)under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 (H)To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. (I)I have become all things to all people, that (J)by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, (K)that I may share with them in its blessings.
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1 Corinthians 9:19-23
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Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free(A) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(B) to win as many as possible.(C) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(D) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(E) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(F) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(G) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(H) I have become all things to all people(I) so that by all possible means I might save some.(J) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
2 Corinthians 12:19
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19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? It is (A)in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and (B)all for your upbuilding, beloved.
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2 Corinthians 12:19
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19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God(A) as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends,(B) is for your strengthening.(C)
Romans 15:2-3
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2 (A)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For (B)Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, (C)“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
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Romans 15:2-3
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2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(A) to build them up.(B) 3 For even Christ did not please himself(C) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](D)
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- Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9
2 Corinthians 11:28-29
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28 And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for (A)all the churches. 29 (B)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
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2 Corinthians 11:28-29
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28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.(A) 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak?(B) Who is led into sin,(C) and I do not inwardly burn?
Romans 11:14
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14 in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and (A)thus save some of them.
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Romans 11:14
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