1 Corinthians 10:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. ”

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Even as I ... - Paul here proposes his own example as their guide. The example which he refers to is that which he had exhibited as described in this and the preceding chapters. His main object h...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:23 to 1 Corinthians 11:1 . From the meal in the idol's temple Paul passes to the question as it arose in daily life. He repeats that while all might be lawful all was not expedien...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

please . Greek. aresko. profit . Same as "expedient", 1 Corinthians 10:23 . many . the many. that . in order that. Greek. hina.
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

33. Even as I please all men in all this As he speaks in a general way, and without exception, some extend it by mistake to things that are unlawful, and at variance with the word of the Lor...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1977 TRUE WISDOM AND CHARITY 1 Corinthians 10:32-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 . Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the Church of God: even as I please all...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 please all men - Act as I:do: forgetting myself, my own interests,...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. I please - I try to please ( Romans 15:2 ; 1 Corinthians 9:19 ; 1 Corint...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) Food offered to Idols In these Chapter s St. Paul answers another question of the Corinthians—as to the lawfulness of eating food which had been offered in sacrifice to idols. This was a ver...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Even as I please all men... — Better, even as I in all things am seeking to please all men, not seeking my own profit, but that of the many — i.e., the whole great mass of men, and not, as the...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 FALLACIOUS PRESUMPTIONS IN discussing the question regarding "things offered unto idols," Paul is led to treat at large of Christian liberty, a subject to which he was always drawn. An...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Do All to the Glory of God” 1 Corinthians 10:23-33 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 There seems to be a, clear distinction in the Apostle's directions between feasting in an idol temple on the one hand,...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A great warning based on an illustration in Israel's history is contained in these words, "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." To this warning the apostle adds that t...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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) Whatsoe...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Even as I please all men in all things ,.... The apostle sets himself as an example, though he was far from being a man pleaser, in the bad sense of that phrase; nor must these all things, in which...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Even as I please all men in all things , not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Ver. 33. Not seeking mine own profit ] This, saith Chrysostom, is the mo...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whether, therefore , &c. To close the present point with a general rule, applicable not only in this, but in all cases, see to it that whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do In all thing...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Just as, in the end of chapter 9, Paul shows himself willing to submit to a serious test as to the reality of his Christianity, so in the first of chapter 10 it is plain that all who claim the place...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christian Liberty. A. D. 57. 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedie...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Even as I please all men in all things; that is, in all things wherein the law of God hath left me a liberty; for Paul pleased no man, either in the omission of any thing which God had commanded hi...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God, even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they m...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 10:1 .—Notice “ for ,” true reading, connecting closely with ix. ult. Q.d . “I am not secure from becoming a ‘castaway’; you are not yet sure of the prize; for it...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Scofield Reference Notes

saved ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:15-19 . I Speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the com...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:1 . I would not have you ignorant of the grand point, the foundation of the Hebrew religion; that our fathers, for such was the usual language of the jews and proselytes respect...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 10:1-46 Warnings against over confidence in relation to idolatry and other temptations. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover ; rather, for. He has just shown the...
1 Corinthians 10:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The conclusion:
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:24 ; 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ; 2 Corinthians 11:28 ; 2 Corinthians 11:29 ; 2 Corinthians 12:19 ; Romans 15:2 ; Romans 15:3
1 Corinthians 10:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Even as I, as much as lieth in me, please all men.

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 10:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes