Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.
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We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
2 Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, in order to build him up.
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Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.
3 For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.
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For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”
4 For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.
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For 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.
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