1 Corinthians 10:33

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

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Augustine of Hippo

AD 430

The apostle wanted believers to please all men, and he took pleasure in pleasing them, not because he swelled up inside at their praise but because by being pleasing all might be edified in Christ.

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Cassiodorus Senator

AD 585

It was not for his own temporal advantage that he has spoken of the peace of the era to come but for his fellow believers and neighbors, so that they should long for it to gain salvation and chain themselves with the bonds of unanimity.

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Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258

And what will become, dearest brother, of what the apostle says: "I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ."

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

Not only should the brethren receive no hurt from us, but neither should those who are outside the church. If we are light and leaven and luminaries and salt, we ought to enlighten, not to darken, to bind, not to loose, to draw unbelievers to us and not drive them away. The Gentiles are hurt when they see us doing such things, because they do not understand that we have been set free from them. Likewise, Jews and the weaker brethren will also suffer, for the same reason.

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