Romans 15:3

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For even Christ did not please [just] Himself, but as it is written [Psa. 69:9], “The insults of those people who insulted you [i.e., God] fell on me [i.e., Christ].”

Cross References

Matthew 10:25

A disciple is doing well if he can be [as good] as his teacher, and the slave [as good] as his master. If they have called the master of the house [i.e., Jesus] Beelzebub [i.e., the chief of evil spirits. See Mark 3:22], how much more [likely] will they call members of his household [i.e., the disciples] the same thing!

Matthew 26:39

And He went on ahead a short distance and fell face-down and prayed, “My Father, allow this cup [i.e., of suffering] to pass away from me if it is [at all] possible; nevertheless, let it not be what I want, but what You want [for me].”

Matthew 26:42

He [then] went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if this [cup of suffering] cannot pass away unless I drink it [i.e., experience the suffering], [then] let what You want be done.”

Matthew 27:44

And the thieves who were crucified with Him also heaped the same abuse on Him.

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, [then] you will continue receiving my love; just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and [so] continue receiving His love.

John 15:24

This all happened so the Scripture, written in their Law [Psa. 35:19], would be fulfilled, ‘They hated me for no reason.’

John 4:34

Jesus answered them; “My food is doing what God, who sent me, wants me to, and accomplishing His work.

John 5:30

“I cannot do anything by my own [authority]. I judge [people] based on what I hear [i.e., from the Father] and my judgment [of them] is just, because I do not look for what I want [to do], but for what He who sent me [i.e., God] wants.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.

John 8:29

And God, who sent me, is with me; He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to Him.”

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the unearned favor of our Lord Jesus Christ, [how] that even though He was rich, He became poor for your sakes, so that through His poverty you people could become [spiritually] rich.

Philippians 2:5

You should think about things the way Christ Jesus did.

Philippians 2:8

He humbled Himself [by] becoming obedient [to God] to the point of death, even death on a cross.