^24 (A)Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

The Example of Christ

15 ^(A)We who are strong ^(B)have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ^2 (C)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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.

⁴ Let each of you ^(A)look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ^5 (B)Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,^[a]

²¹ For they all ^(A)seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

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.

⁵ or rude. It ^(A)does not insist on its own way; it ^(B)is not irritable or resentful;^[a]

¹⁴ Here ^(A)for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ^(B)I seek not what is yours but you. For ^(C)children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ^(D)parents for their children.