699 GREEK αρεσκεια, ARESKEIA ar-es'-ki-ah from a derivative of αρεσκω, - aresko G 700; complaisance:--pleasing. αρεσκειαν Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; αρεσκειν Rom 15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Gal 1:10 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. 1 Th 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
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