A.T. Robertson Commentary Romans 15:1

"Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves." — Romans 15:1 (ASV)

We the strong (ημεις ο δυνατο). Paul identifies himself with this wing in the controversy. He means the morally strong as in 2 Corinthians 12:10; 13:9, not the mighty as in 1 Corinthians 1:26.

The infirmities (τα ασθενηματα). "The weaknesses" (cf. ασθενων in 14:1,2), the scruples "of the not strong" (των αδυνατων). See Ac 14:8 where it is used of the man weak in his feet (impotent).

To bear (βασταζειν). As in Ga 6:2, common in the figurative sense.

Not to please ourselves (μη εαυτοις αρεσκειν). Precisely Paul's picture of his own conduct in 1 Corinthians 10:33.