1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek for himself, but for others.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
In Context
23All is lawful to me, but not all is edifying.
25Whatever is sold in the market, you may eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience.
Cross References
Romans 15:1But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 10:33just as I also, in all things, please everyone, not seeking what is best for myself, but what is best for many others, so that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Philippians 2:21For they all seek the things that are of themselves, not the things that are of Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:24-33
Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 57.) 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28… Read the whole commentary →