1. But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2. Let each one of us please his neighbour for his good, to build him up.
3. For even the Messiah did not please Himself, but, as it has been written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell upon Me.”
4. For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have the expectation.