Rom 15:1-3, 1Cor 8:9-13, 10:32-33, 2Th 1:6-9 | ESV | STEP | We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak , and not to please ourselves .

1 ^aWe who are strong ^bhave an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 ^cLet each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For ^dChrist did not please himself, but as it is written, ^e“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

1 Corinthians 8:9-13

9 But take care ^fthat this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block ^gto the weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating ^{▼▼Greek reclining at table} in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged, ^{▼▼Or fortified; Greek built up} if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? 11 And so by your knowledge this weak person is ^jdestroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. 12 Thus, sinning against your brothers ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} and ^lwounding their conscience when it is weak, ^myou sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, ⁿif food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 10:32-33

32 ^oGive no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to ^pthe church of God, 33 just as ^qI try to please everyone in everything I do, ^rnot seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-9

6 since indeed God considers it ^sjust ^tto repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant ^urelief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when ^vthe Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ^wwith his mighty angels 8 ^xin flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ^ywho do not know God and on those who ^zdo not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of ^aaeternal destruction, ^abaway from ^{▼▼Or destruction that comes from} the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,