John Calvin Commentary Romans 15:2

"Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying." — Romans 15:2 (ASV)

Indeed, let every one of us, etc. He teaches us here that we are under obligations to others, and it is therefore our duty to please and serve them. Furthermore, we should always accommodate ourselves to our brethren, without exception, when we can do so according to God's Word, for their edification.

Two things are established here:

1. We are not to be content with our own judgment or acquiesce in our own desires, but should strive and labor at all times to please our brethren.
2. Then, in endeavoring to accommodate ourselves to our brethren, we should have regard for God, so that our aim may be their edification.

For most people cannot be pleased unless you indulge their whims. Therefore, if you wish to be in favor with most people, their salvation must not be your primary concern; instead, their folly must be flattered.

Neither should you consider what is beneficial for them, but rather what they seek to their own ruin.

Therefore, you must not strive to please those to whom nothing is pleasing but evil.