Romans 15:3
For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell upon me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Let every one of you please his neighbour unto good, to edification.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God : and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.
Psalms 69:20Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
Matthew 26:42Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.
John 5:30I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 8:29And he that sent me, is with me, and he hath not left me alone: for I do always the things that please 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 →