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 and sisters 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.
7 Accept one another, then, for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.