2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. …
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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 up…
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