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¶ For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

For {G1063} do I {G3982} now {G737} persuade {G3982} men {G444}, or {G2228} God {G2316}? or {G2228} do I seek {G2212} to please {G700} men {G444}? for {G1063} if {G1487} I {G700} yet {G2089} pleased {G700} men {G444}, I should {G302} not {G3756} be {G2252} the servant {G1401} of Christ {G5547}.

Now does that sound as if I were trying to win human approval? No! I want God’s approval! Or that I’m trying to cater to people? If I were still doing that, I would not be a servant of the Messiah.

Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (117 votes)

    But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

  • Acts 5:29 (70 votes)

    Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

  • Ephesians 6:6 (57 votes)

    Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

  • James 4:4 (36 votes)

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Matthew 22:16 (22 votes)

    And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.

  • Colossians 3:22 (20 votes)

    Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

  • 2 Corinthians 5:9 (17 votes)

    Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.