33 just as ^xI try to please everyone in everything I do, ^ynot seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

5 or rude. It ⁱdoes not insist on its own way; it ^jis not irritable or resentful;¹

21 For they all ^yseek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, ^rthat I may share with them in its blessings.

14 Here ^vfor the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for ^wI seek not what is yours but you. For ^xchildren are not obligated to save up for their parents, but ^yparents for their children.

The Example of Christ

1 ^sWe who are strong ^thave an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.