1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek his own things, but also the things of his fellow-man.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
In Context
25Whatever is sold in the flesh-market, eat ye, without an inquiry on account of conscience:
Cross References
Romans 15:1We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
1 Corinthians 10:33even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not burden you; for I seek not yours, but you: for children ought not to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for their children.
Philippians 2:21For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus the Messiah.
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 →