1 CORINTHIANS 10:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.”
even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. — Paul models the principle himself: he seeks to please (aresko) all in all things. The motivation is soteriological: hina sōthōsin (so that they may be saved). Self-renunciation serves salvation of the many. The final word—salvation—anchors all ethical instruction in redemptive purpose.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:33
“Give no occasion of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the Church of God:” i.e., give no handle to anyone: since in the case supposed, both your brother is offended, and the Jew will the more hate and condemn you, and the Gentile in like manner deride you even as a gluttonous man and a hypocrite. Not only, however, should the brethren receive no hurt from us, but to the utmost of our power not even those that are without. For if we are “light,” and “leaven,” and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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