aresko describes seeking or receiving another’s approval, whether from God, other people, or oneself.

The attested use concerns pleasing or being acceptable to a specified party: people seek to please the Lord, a spouse, neighbors, or the one who enlisted them, while other clauses contrast pleasing God with pleasing humans or oneself.

1. Pleasing or meeting another’s approval · dominant

   The verb marks conduct directed toward another’s approval: in 1 Corinthians 7:32 and 1 Corinthians 7:33 the unmarried and married man are respectively concerned with how to please the Lord and a wife. In Romans 15:1 and Romans 15:2, self-pleasing is rejected and each person is directed toward pleasing a neighbor for that neighbor’s good; 1 Thessalonians 2:4 contrasts pleasing humans with pleasing God.

   1 Corinthians 7:321 Corinthians 7:33Romans 15:1Romans 15:21 Thessalonians 2:42 Timothy 2:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “please” or “pleasing,” including pleasing the Lord, a spouse, humans, God, a neighbor, or oneself. These English expressions confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than establish a separate rendering for every form.