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Romans 15:1 KJV
Romans · chapter 15 · verse 1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:1 · King James Version
Romans 15:1 in context
1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14
- Romans 14:1
- Galatians 6:1-2
- 1 Corinthians 9:22
- 1 Corinthians 12:22-24
- 1 John 2:14
- 2 Timothy 2:1
- Romans 4:20
Key words (Strong's)
- infirmitiesasthenēmainfirmity, of error arising from weakness of mindG771 →
- strongdynatosable, powerful, mighty, strong, mighty in wealth and influence, strong in soul, to bear…G1415 →
- pleaseareskōto please, to strive to please, to accommodate one s self to the opinions desires and…G700 →
- oughtopheilōto owe, to owe money, be in debt for, that which is due, the debt, metaph. the goodwill…G3784 →
- bearbastazōto take up with the hands, to take up in order to carry or bear, to put upon one s self…G941 →
- weakadynatoswithout strength, impotent, powerless, weakly, disabled, unable to be done, impossibleG102 →
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The apostle here lays down two precepts, with reasons to enforce them, showing the duty of the strong Christian to consider and condescend to the weakest. I. We must bear the infirmities of the weak, Rom 15:1. We all have our infirmities;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4