SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Corinthians 10:33

10:33a as I also try to please everyone in all I do.

For I myself also try not to displease/offend anyone in any way.
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That is the way I myself live, trying to make everybody satisfied in everything.

10:33b For I am not seeking my own good,

I do not think about what benefits/helps me.
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My goal is not my personal advantage/interests
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I do not think like this: “What will be best for me?”

10:33c but the good of many,

Rather, I think about what I can do to benefit/help many people,
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but the advantage/interests of all people,
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Instead, I think like this: “What will be good for as many people as possible?”

10:33d that they may be saved.

so that ⌊I will be able to help/cause⌋ many people to be saved.
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so that they might receive/obtain salvation.
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I do that so that God can rescue them ⌊from sin/wrongdoing⌋.

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