Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
de la même manière que moi aussi je m'efforce en toutes choses de complaire à tous, cherchant, non mon avantage, mais celui du plus grand nombre, afin qu'ils soient sauvés.
KJV
Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
sed to charity, which "seeketh not her own" ( 1 Cor. 13:5 ): wherefore the Apostle says of himself ( 1 Cor. 10:33 ): "Not seeking that which is profitable to myself, but to many, that they may be saved." Moreover it is contrary to right reason, which judges the common good to be…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
r husband, and he praised her." Moreover, there is no evil in wishing to please others, according to 1 Cor. 10:33, "I . . . in all things please all men." Therefore flattery is not a sin. Objection 2: Further, evil is contrary to good, and blame to praise. But it is not a sin to…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
ot be the servant of Christ;” [ Gal 1:10 ] says in another place, “I please all men in all things. [ 1 Cor 10:33 ] This he did not that he might please men, but God, to the love of whom he desires to turn the hearts of men by pleasing them. As we should not think that he spoke ab…
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