1 Corinthians 10:33 KJV
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
This is an absolute impossibility. Even Paul could not possibly have pleased all men all the time in all ways. He in fact did not as is evidenced by his capture imprisonment and eventual execution. So the sentence must not be understood in that manner.
The rest of the verse tells us what the Apostle meant; regardless of the race of a man, and regardless of the issue at hand, the Apostle's purpose was to seek the other's profit that (he changes from all to many) many of them would be saved.
It is not that all men were pleased with him at all times. Rather, he was more interested in their well being than his own so that he might win many of them to Christ.
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