Romans 15:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.””
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“For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Romans 15:3 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
- Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
- Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- Matthew 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 8:29He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
- John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- John 14:30I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
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