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Romans 15:3 KJV
Romans · chapter 15 · verse 3
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.Romans 15:3 · King James Version
Romans 15:3 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.
4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
5Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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Key words (Strong's)
- reproachesoneidismosa reproach, such as Christ suffered, for the cause of God, from his enemiesG3680 →
- reproachedoneidizōto reproach, upbraid, revile, of deserved reproach, of undeserved reproach, to revile, to…G3679 →
- pleasedareskōto please, to strive to please, to accommodate one s self to the opinions desires and…G700 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
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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