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.
• New International Version (NIV)For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen 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.”

Context of Romans 15:3

1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not just please ourselves. 2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building him up. For even Messiah did not please Himself, but as it is written, “The insults of those who insulted You have fallen on Me.” 4For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, so that through patience and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5Now may the God of patience and encouragement grant you to be like-minded with one another in the manner of Messiah Yeshua,

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 40:6Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count!
• Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me! Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
• John 4:34Yeshua tells them, “My food is to do the will of the One who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
• John 5:30I can do nothing on My own. Just as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, for I do not seek My own will, but the will of the One who sent Me.”
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will but the will of the One who sent Me.
• John 8:29The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to Him.”
• John 12:27“Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But it was for this reason I came to this hour.
• John 14:30“I will not talk with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has nothing on Me.
• John 14:31But in order that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. “Get up, let’s go from here!”
• John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
• Philippians 2:8He humbled Himself— becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
• Psalms 69:9I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother’s children.
• Psalms 89:50Where is Your former lovingkindness, my Lord, which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
• Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
• John 15:24If I had not done works among them that no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and 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