Romans 15:3
1 We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
4 For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
5 Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- KJV
- For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
- WEB
- For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
- ASV
- For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.
- DARBY
- For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
- BLB
- For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it has been written: “The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me.”
- ÅB
- For heller ikke Kristus søkte sitt eget behag, men som det står skrevet: «Deres hån som hånte deg, falt på meg.»[^1]
- OTB
- For selv Kristus søkte ikke sin egen glede, men som det står skrevet: "De som håner deg, har hånet meg."
- B1930
- For Kristus levde heller ikke sig selv til behag, men, som skrevet er: Deres hån som hånte dig, falt på mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:9
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
Read in contextJohn 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Read in contextPsalms 89:50–51
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Read in contextJohn 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
Read in contextJohn 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
Read in contextJohn 8:29
He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
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