1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
KJV
μηδεὶς τὸ ἑαυτοῦ ζητείτω ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου.
Greek NT
Nemo quod suum est quærat, sed quod alterius.
Vulgate
Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor’s good.
ASV
Let no man seek his own, but that which is another's.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
μηδείς
medeis
adjective · 92×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἑτέρου | WH/Treg/NIV: ἑτέρου | RP: + ἕκαστος
- ἑτέρου — SBLGNT
- ἑτέρου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἕκαστος — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§953Communion in charity. In the sanctorum communio, "None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself."487 "If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it."488 "Charity does not insist on its own way."489 In this solidarity with all men, living or dead, which is fo…
2. And ye indeed say that you know even His substance, but that the Son not even the day, the Son, who is always in the bosom of the Father; and yet His substance is much greater than the days, even infinitely greater. How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.…
1. A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaks, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly. For in this the shepherd differs from the hireling; the one always looks to his own safety, …
2. Does not behave itself unseemly. Nay, why, says he, do I say, she 'is not puffed up,' when she is so far from that feeling, that in suffering the most shameful things for him whom she loves, she does not even count the thing an unseemliness? Again, he did not say, she suffers unseemliness but bears the shame nobly, but, she does not even entertain any sense at all of the sha…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 8:9 — But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
- 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 2Cor 12:14 — Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the chil
- 2Cor 12:14 — Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the chil
- Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- Phil 2:21 — For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
- Phil 2:21 — For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.
- Rom 15:1 — We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
- Rom 15:2 — Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.