Romans 15:3
For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me.”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6In sacrifice and oblation thou hast no pleasure; Mine ears thou hast opened; Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou requirest not.
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they so call those of his household!
Matthew 26:42Again he went away a second time, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this [[cup]] cannot pass away from me, but I must drink it, thy will be done!
John 5:30I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, 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; he hath not left me alone, for I always do 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 →