For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.