1 We who are powerful need to be patient with the weakness of those who don’t have power, and not please ourselves.
2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good in order to build them up.
3 Christ didn’t please himself, but, as it is written, The insults of those who insulted you fell on me.
4 Whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction so that we could have hope through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures.
5 May the God of endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude toward each other, similar to Christ Jesus’ attitude.