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For Christ also didn`t please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
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Christ's Selfless Example
All commentators agree that this verse presents Christ as the ultimate example of self-denial. He did not seek his own comfort, honor, or pleasure, but prioritized God's will and the welfare of others. As Albert Barnes notes, Christ's entire life was a model of not pleasing himself, providing a clear and powerful pattern for believers to follow when dealing with one another.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For even Christ. The apostle proceeds, in his usual manner, to illustrate what he had said by the example of the Saviour. To a Christian, …
Pleased not himself (ουχ εαυτω ηρεσεν). Aorist active indicative of αρεσκω with the usual dative. The supreme example for Christia…
19th Century
Anglican
The reproaches. . . .—Literally, according to the Septuagint version of Psalm 69:9, one of those Psalms of suffering which, like I…
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Baptist
Pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
He took the most trying place i…
16th Century
Protestant
For even Christ did not please himself, etc. Since it is not right for a servant to refuse what his lord has himself undertaken, it would …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For even Christ pleased not himself
He sought not his own ease, pleasure, profit, honour, and glory, but to do his…
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Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God and the good of others. We must please our neighbor for the good of h…
13th Century
Catholic
The Apostle taught previously that the stronger should avoid causing the weak to stumble; here he teaches that the stronger should bear w…
