Romans 15:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

Romans 15:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Psalms 89:50-51
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; …
John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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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. 3)

2-3. Let every one of us--lay himself out to please his neighbour--not indeed for his mere gratification, but for his good--with a view to his edification.