Please Others, Not Yourselves (Romans 15:1-6) GNT

1  We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to carry their burdens.  We should not please ourselves.

2   Instead, we should all please our brothers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith.

3   For Christ did not please himself.  Instead, as the scripture says, "The insults which are hurled at you have fallen on me."

4   Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.

5  And may God, the source of patience and encouragement enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus,

6  so that all of you together may praise with one voice the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.