Romans 15:2
Let each of us please his neighbor in that which is good, unto edification;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
In Context
1But we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:19For being free from all, I rendered myself servant to all, that I may gain the more.
1 Corinthians 10:33as I also please all in all things, seeking not my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.
Philippians 2:4looking not each after your own interests, but each after that 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 →