Charles Spurgeon Commentary Romans 15:3

"For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me." — Romans 15:3 (ASV)

Pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

He took the most trying place in the whole field of battle; he stood where the battle was hottest. He did not seek to be among his disciples as a king is in the midst of his troops, guarded and protected in the time of strife; but he exposed himself to the fiercest part of all the conflict. What Jesus did, that is what we who are his followers should do, none of us considering ourselves and our own interests, but all of us considering our fellow believers and the cause of Christ in general.