Romans 15:3
For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Matthew 10:25[It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
Matthew 26:42Again going away a second time he prayed saying, My Father, if this cannot pass [from me] unless I drink it, thy will be done.
John 5:30I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.
John 8:29And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.
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 →