Verse 2

Each of us should please our neighbor for their good, to build them up.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:24 : 24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.
  • 1 Cor 9:19-22 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law. 21 To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law. 22 To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.
  • 1 Cor 10:33-11:1 : 33 Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. 1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
  • 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
  • Phil 2:4-5 : 4 Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have the same mindset in yourselves that was also in Christ Jesus:
  • Titus 2:9-9 : 9 Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative. 10 They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.