Romans 15:2

Let each of us please our neighbor for our neighbor’s good, to help in the building up of their character.

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In The King James Version

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

In Context

1We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

3Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him – ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:19Although I was entirely free, yet, to win as many converts as possible, I made myself everyone’s slave.

1 Corinthians 10:33for I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but do what is best for others, so that they may be saved.

Philippians 2:4considering not only your own interests but also the interests 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 →

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