1 Corinthians 10:24
Let not each one be always seeking his own, but rather his neighbor’s good.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
In Context
25Eat anything that is for sale in the markets, asking no questions for conscience sake;
Cross References
Romans 15:1Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.
1 Corinthians 10:33For so I also try to please all men in every way, not by seeking my own good, but the good of the many, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 12:14And now for the third time I am preparing to visit you. I will not be a burden to you, for I am not seeking yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Philippians 2:21for they are all seeking their own interests, not those 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 →