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.
8 For I tell you that Christ's life of service was on behalf of the Jews, to show that God is faithful, to make his promises to their ancestors come true,
9 and to enable even the Gentiles to praise God for his mercy. As the scripture says:“And so I will praise you among the Gentiles;I will sing praises to you.”