1 Corinthians 10:24

24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.

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1 Corinthians 10:24 in Other Translations

KJV

24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.

ESV

24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.

NLT

24 Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.

CSB

24 No one should seek his own [good], but [the good] of the other person.

1 Corinthians 10:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 10:24

Let no man seek his own
His carnal pleasure and private advantage in eating things sacrificed to "idols", to the hurt and disadvantage of his brethren; otherwise it is lawful for a man to seek his own good, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, to seek for the necessaries of life, his spiritual peace and comfort, and his everlasting welfare and happiness; but then he should not only seek his own,

but every man another's wealth,
or "that which is another's"; for the word "wealth" is not in the original text. The apostle's meaning is, that a man, in the use of things indifferent, should not seek the gratifying of his sensual appetite or other passions, what may be pleasing or profitable to himself; but should consult the profit and edification of others.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible