Romans 15:1
We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
In Context
2But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification.
Cross References
Romans 4:20And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and gave glory to God;
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools, on account of Messiah; but ye are wise in Messiah! We are feeble; but ye are strong! Ye are lauded, we are contemned.
1 Corinthians 12:22But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable.
Galatians 6:1My brethren, if one of you should be overtaken in a fault, do ye who are of the Spirit recover him, in a spirit of meekness: and be ye cautious, lest ye also be tempted.
1 Thessalonians 5:14And we entreat you, my brethren, that ye admonish the faulty, and encourage the faint-hearted, and bear the burdens of the weak, and be long suffering towards all men.
1 John 2:14I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who was from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one.
Matthew Henry on Romans 15:1
The apostle, in this chapter, continues the discourse of the former, concerning mutual forbearance in indifferent things; and so draws towards a conclusion of the epistle. Where such differences of apprehension, and consequently distances of affection, are among Christians, there is need of precept upon precept, line upon line, to allay the heat, and to beget a better temper. The apostle, being desirous to drive the nail home, as a nail in a sure place, follows his blow, unwilling to leave the subject till he has… Read the whole commentary →