Romans 15:2
“Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.”
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Romans 15:2 Context
1Wee then that are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues. 2Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3For euen Christ pleased not himselfe, but as it is written, The reproches of them that reproched thee, fell on mee. 4For whatsoeuer things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.
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Other Translations for Romans 15:2
Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
- King James Version
Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
- Basic English Bible
Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
- Darby Bible
Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
- Webster's Bible
Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.
- Weymouth Bible
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
- World English Bible
Eche of vs plese to his neiybore in good, to edificacioun.
- Wycliffe Bible
for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Romans 15:2
15:2 For his good - This is a general word: edification is one species of good.
People's Bible Notes for Romans 15:2
Ro 15:2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbour. We are not to seek to please ourselves, but to please others. Nor are we to seek to please them for our own selfish purpose, as is often the case, but for their good to edification, with a view to their good and upbuilding in Christ.