Romans 15:2 · KJV
“Let every one of us please {his} neighbour for {his} good to edification.”
— Romans 15:2
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Romans 15 — Context
We 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.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.
Romans 14:19
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Philippians 2:4-5
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
1 Corinthians 10:33
Even as I please all {men} in all {things}, not seeking mine own profit, but the {profit} of many, that they may be saved.
1 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.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Titus 2:9-10
{Exhort} servants to be obedient unto their own masters, {and} to please {them} well in all {things}; not answering again; {answering...: or, gainsaying}