Romans 15:2
Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
In Context
1Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:19For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.
1 Corinthians 10:33just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.
Philippians 2:4Look ye out (each man) not to things of yourselves, but each man also to the things of others.
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:2-5
Condescension and Self-denial; Tenderness and Generosity. ( a. d. 58.) 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. The… Read the whole commentary →