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15 ¶ We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not please ourselves.

Let each one of us please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification.

For the Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me.

For the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we, through patient endurance and through the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.

¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to Christ Jesus,

that ye may with one accord and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¶ Therefore bear one another, as the Christ also bore us, to the glory of God.

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15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(B) to build them up.(C) For even Christ did not please himself(D) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](E) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(F) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(G) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify(H) the God and Father(I) of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Accept one another,(J) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9