KJV King James Version
Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
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Romans 15:2
Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
WEB World English Bible
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
ASV American Standard Version
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,
Surrounding context — Romans 15
1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
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Romans 14:19Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.1 Corinthians 10:24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s [wealth].Philippians 2:4-5Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.1 Corinthians 10:33Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 9:19-22For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.1 Corinthians 13:5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;Titus 2:9-10[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
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