Rom 15:1, 3, Eph 5:2, 25, Phili 2:1-5 | ESV | STEP | We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak , and not to please ourselves .

a[Gal. 6:1]

b 1 Thess. 5:14; See ch. 14:1

c Phil. 2:5, 8; [John 5:30; 6:38]

dCited from Ps. 69:9

e Rom. 14:15; [Col. 3:14]; See John 13:34

fSee Rom. 8:37

gSee Rom. 4:25

hSee Gen. 8:21

i Heb. 7:27; 9:14; 10:10, 12

j ver. 28, 33; [1 Pet. 3:7]

k ver. 2

l[Rom. 15:30; 2 Thess. 2:16]

pSee Rom. 12:16

s[Eph. 5:21]; See Rom. 12:10; Eph. 4:2

tSee Rom. 15:2

u Rom. 15:3; See Matt. 11:29

Romans 15:1

The Example of Christ

1 ^aWe who are strong ^bhave an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Romans 15:3

3 For ^cChrist did not please himself, but as it is written, ^d“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

Ephesians 5:2

2 And ^ewalk in love, ^fas Christ loved us and ^ggave himself up for us, a ^hfragrant ⁱoffering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:25

25 ^jHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^kgave himself up for her,

Philippians 2:1-5

Christ’s Example of Humility

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from ^llove, any ^mparticipation in the Spirit, any ⁿaffection and sympathy, 2 ^ocomplete my joy by being ^pof the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from ^qselfish ambition or ^rconceit, but in ^shumility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you ^tlook not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 ^uHave this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ^{▼▼Or which was also in Christ Jesus}