1 Corinthians 10:24 BSB

1 Corinthians 10:24

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.

KJV

Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Let no man seek his own,.... His carnal pleasure and private advantage in eating things sacrificed to "idols", to the hurt and disadvantage of his brethren; otherwise it is lawful for a man to seek his own good, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, to seek for the necessaries of life, his spiritual peace and comfort, and his everlasting welfare and happiness; but then he should not only seek his own, but every man another's wealth, or "that which is another's"; for the word "wealth" is not in the original text.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let no man seek his own, etc. - Let none, for his private gratification or emolument, disturb the peace or injure the soul of another. Let every man live, not for himself, but for every part of the great human family with which he is surrounded.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μηδεὶς	mēdeis	No one	G3367 →
τὸ	to	the [good]	G3588 →
ἑαυτοῦ	he'autou	of himself	G1438 →
ζητείτω	zēteitō	should seek	G2212 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ἑτέρου	heterou	other	G2087 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:33
  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.
- Philippians 2:4
  Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
- Matthew 16:24
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- 1 Corinthians 13:5
  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.
- 2 Timothy 3:2
  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Through
1 Corinthians 10:33
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.
leads to
- Galatians 1:10
  Am 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 9:19–23
  Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- Romans 15:2–3
  Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.