Romans 15 · Verse 2

Romans 15:2

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Romans 15:2, King James Version

Romans 15:2 in other translations

BSBEach of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
WEBLet each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
ASVLet each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
YLTfor let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,
DARBYLet each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.
BBELet every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
WebsterLet every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

What does Romans 15:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 15:2-3
2-3. Let every one of us--lay himself out to please his neighbour--not indeed for his mere gratification, but for his good--with a view to his edification.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 2. Please his neighbour. That is, all other persons, but especially the friends of the Redeemer. The word neighbour here has especial reference to the members of the church. It is often used, however in a much larger sense. See Lk 10:36.

For his good. Not to seek to secure for him indulgence in those things which would be injurious to him, but in all these things which his welfare would be promoted.

To edification. Rom 14:19.

(d) "neighbour for his good" 1Cor 9:19, Php 2:4,5

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor - For it should be a maxim with each of us to do all in our power to please our brethren; and especially in those things in which their spiritual edification is concerned. Though we should not indulge men in mere whims and caprices, yet we should bear with their ignorance and their weakness, knowing that others had much to bear with from us before we came to our present advanced state of religious knowledge.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Romans 15:1-7

Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God, and the good of others. We must please our neighbour, for the good of his soul; not by serving his wicked will, and humouring him in a sinful way; if we thus seek to please men, we are not the servants of Christ. Christ's whole life was a self-denying, self-displeasing life. And he is the most advanced Christian, who is the most conformed…

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Romans 15:2 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἕκαστοςhekastosEachG1538
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165
τῷtōtheG3588
πλησίονplēsionneighbourG4139
ἀρεσκέτωaresketōshould pleaseG700
εἰςeisuntoG1519
τὸtotheG3588
ἀγαθὸνagathongoodG18
πρὸςprosforG4314
οἰκοδομήν.oikodomēnedification.G3619

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Romans 15:2

  • 1 Corinthians 10:24

    Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

  • Romans 14:19

    Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

  • Philippians 2:4-5

    Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

  • 1 Corinthians 10:33-11:1

    Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:19-22

    For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:5

    Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

  • Titus 2:9-10

    Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:19; 1Co 9:19-22; 10:24,33; 11:1; 13:5; Php 2:4,5; Tit 2:9,10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Romans 15:1

    We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • Romans 15:2

    Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

  • Romans 15:3

    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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Romans 15:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cada uno de nosotros agrade á su prójimo en bien, á edificación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que chacun de nous cherche à plaire à son prochain, en vue du bien, pour l’édification.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein jeder von uns gefalle dem Nächsten zum Guten, zur Erbauung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum, ad ædificationem.