Accept One Another

Paul calls those strong in faith to bear with the weak instead of pleasing themselves, pointing to Christ as the one who did not live for his own comfort but absorbed reproach for others.

W¹e who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. ²Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. ³For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

Scripture was written to train the church in endurance and hope; Paul prays that God would grant harmony and that the church would worship Christ’s Father with one united voice.

⁴For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope. ⁵Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus, ⁶so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.