Romans 15:2
But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
In Context
1We then who are strong, ought to bear the infirmity of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:19Being free from them all, I have made myself servant to every man; that I might gain many:
1 Corinthians 10:33even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.
Philippians 2:4And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor.
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 →