Romans 15:3 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 15:3

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (253)

For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written: The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me. In this he seems to show that Christ too, not pleasing himself, and not thinking it robbery to be equal with God, emptied himself; but wishing to please men — that is, to save men — he endured the reproaches of those who reproached, as it is written: The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

For even Christ pleased not himself, etc. Since it is not right that a servant should refuse what his lord has himself undertaken, it would be very strange in us to wish an exemption from the duty of bearing the infirmities of others, to which Christ, in whom we glory as our Lord and King, submitted himself; for he having no regard for himself, gave up himself wholly to this service.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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, the example of the Lord Jesus will furnish the most ready, certain, and happy illustration of the nature and extent of his duty. Pleased not himself - This is not to be understood as if the Lord Jesus did not voluntarily and cheerfully engage in his great work. He was not “compelled” to come and suffer.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	Even	G2532 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστὸς	Christos	Christ	G5547 →
οὐχ	ouch	not	G3756 →
ἑαυτῷ	he'autō	Himself	G1438 →
ἤρεσεν	ēresen	pleased	G700 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
γέγραπται·	gegraptai	it has been written:	G1125 →
οἱ	hoi	The	G3588 →
ὀνειδισμοὶ	oneidismoi	reproaches	G3680 →
τῶν	tōn	of those	G3588 →
ὀνειδιζόντων	oneidizontōn	reproaching	G3679 →
σε	se	You	G4771 →
ἐπέπεσαν	epepesan	fell	G1968 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	on	G1909 →
ἐμέ.	eme	Me myself.	G1473 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
leads to
- John 6:38
  For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 5:30
  I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 23:12
  I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Through
John 5:30
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
leads to
- John 4:34
  Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 5:19
  So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Through
Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
leads to
- John 10:18
  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received…
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Romans 5:19
  For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Romans