Romans 15:3
Christ didn't live to please himself, but as Scripture says of him, “The insults of those who abused you have fallen on me.”
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2We should all encourage others to do what's morally right, building them up.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6You don't want sacrifices and offerings. Now you have helped me understand —you're not asking for burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.
Matthew 10:25Disciples should be satisfied to become like their teacher, and servants like their master. If the head of the house has been called the head demon Beelzebub, then the members of his household will be demonized even more!
Matthew 26:42He went away a second time and prayed. “My Father, if this cup cannot be taken from me without me drinking from it, then your will be done,” he said.
John 5:30I can do nothing by myself. I judge based on what I'm told, and my decision is right, for I'm not doing my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
John 8:29The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases 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 →