Romans 15:2
1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
- KJV
- Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
- WEB
- Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
- ASV
- Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
- DARBY
- Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
- BLB
- Let each of us please the neighbor unto good, for building up.
- ÅB
- La hver og en av oss søke å behage sin neste, til det som er godt og oppbyggende!
- OTB
- Hver av oss bør glede vår neste til hans beste, for å bygge ham opp.
- B1930
- enhver av oss være sin næste til behag, til hans gagn, til opbyggelse!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
Read in contextRomans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:4–5
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:19–22
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Read in contextTitus 2:9–10
Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
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