Romans 15:2

Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure.

3For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure. His principle was, "The reproaches which they addressed to Thee have fallen on me."

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 9:19Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

1 Corinthians 10:33That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.

Philippians 2:4each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.

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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