Romans 15:1
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Note d'étude
Study Note
Paul applies the principle of strong-bearing-with-weak to the specific Roman context of Gentile and Jewish believers in tension over food laws and festival observances. The verb 'bear' (bastazein) carries the connotation of carrying a burden for another, and 'not to please ourselves' echoes the Christ-hymn logic of Philippians 2, where Christ's own self-emptying sets the ethical pattern. Verse 3's grounding — 'even Christ pleased not himself' — anchors the ethical demand in Christology, making community solidarity not merely a pragmatic virtue but an imitation of the cross-shaped pattern of God's own action in Christ.
Autres traductions
Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
Références croisées
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
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To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all …
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to …
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I …
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit …
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.