Romans 15:3

Romans 15:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)For even Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, “The insults of those who insult you, O God, have fallen on me.”

Context of Romans 15:3

1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” 4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope. 5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

Romans 15:3 word by word

καὶ γὰρ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτῷ ἤρεσεν ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται· οἱ ὀνειδισμοὶ τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων σε ἐπέπεσαν ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• pleasedἀρέσκωareskō · to pleaseG700
• notοὐou · noG3756
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• The reproachesὀνειδισμόςoneidismos · reproachG3680
• of them that reproachedὀνειδίζωoneidezō · to revileG3679
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• fellἐπιπίπτωepipiptō · to fall/press uponG1968
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for Romans 15:3

• Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
• Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
• John 4:34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
• John 5:30By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
• John 8:29The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”
• John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
• John 14:30I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me,
• John 14:31but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.
• John 15:10If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
• Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
• Psalms 69:9for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
• Psalms 89:50Remember, Lord, how your servant has been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
• John 15:24If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

Commentaries on Romans 15:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For even Christ pleased not himself - Christ never acted as one who sought his own ease or profit; he not only bore with the weakness, but with the insults, of his creatures; as it is written in Psalm 69:9; : The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me - I not only bore their insults, but bore the punishment due to them for their vicious and abominable conduct. That this Psalm refers to the Messiah and his sufferings for mankind is evident, not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For even Christ - The apostle proceeds, in his usual manner, to illustrate what he had said by the example of the Saviour. To a Christian, the example of the Lord Jesus will furnish the most ready, certain, and happy illustration of the nature and extent of his duty. Pleased not himself - This is not to be understood as if the Lord Jesus did not voluntarily and cheerfully engage in his great work. He was not “compelled” to come and suffer. Nor is it to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3This quotation is from Psalm 69:9. Several passages in the New Testament use Psalm 69 to describe the suffering of Jesus (Matthew 27:34; Mark 15:35–36; Luke 23:36; John 15:25; 19:28–29). By quoting only part of this psalm, Paul reminds people of the full story of the suffering of Jesus, not just one moment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. 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.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings