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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 do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased 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 trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. |
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Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah). |
For, am I at this present moment seeking to win the favor of men rather than the approval of God? Or, am I making it my business to be constantly pleasing men? If I still were pleasing men, in that case Christ’s bondslave I would not be. |
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(Does that make you think now that I am seeking man’s approval or God’s? Am I trying to please men? If I were trying to win human approval I should never be Christ’s servant.) |
Am I now trying to win men’s favor, or God’s? Or am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all. |
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