Romans 15:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Romans 14:1
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. …
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Corinthians 12:22-24
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

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; but the weak are more subject to them than others—the weak in knowledge or grace, the bruised reed and the smoking flax. We must consider these; not trample upo…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Ro 15:1-13. Same Subject Continued and Concluded. 1. We then that are strong--on such points as have been discussed, the abolition of the Jewish distinction of meats and days under the Gospel. See on Ro 14:14; Ro 14:20. ought ... not to please ourselves--ought to think less of what we may lawfully do than of how our conduct will affect others.