Romans 15:1-4

We are to live our lives placing the spiritual well being of others above our own need to be right.  In brotherly love the truth of the Scriptures is made known. It is not about our strength it is about God’s … who filters all actions through love and wants everyone to have the hope of eternal life with Him.

Christ is the ultimate model for the strong believer. He renounced self-gratification so that He could clearly represent God and His cause. Through patience (endurance) and the comfort (or encouragement) of Scripture, believers learn that they have hope.

Romans 15:1-4

15 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.