Romans 15:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Even Christ did not live trying to please himself. As the Scriptures say about him, “Those people who insulted you have also insulted me.”

Cross References

Psalm 69:9

My strong devotion to your Temple is destroying me. Those who insult you are also insulting me.

Philippians 2:8

he humbled himself by being fully obedient to God, even when that caused his death—death on a cross.

John 4:34

Jesus said, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do. My food is to finish the work that he gave me to do.

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants, not what I want.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. And my judgment is right, because I am not trying to please myself. I want only to please the one who sent me.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that he gave up his heavenly riches for you. He gave up everything so that you could be richly blessed.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him. So he has not left me alone.”

Matthew 26:42

Then Jesus went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if I must do this and it is not possible for me to escape it, then I pray that what you want will be done.”

Matthew 10:25

Students should be happy to be treated the same as their teacher. And servants should be happy to be treated the same as their master. If those people call me ‘the ruler of demons,’ and I am the head of the family, then it is even more certain that they will insult you, the members of the family!

Psalm 69:20

I feel the pain of their insults. The shame makes me feel like dying! I wanted some sympathy, but there was none. I waited for someone to comfort me, but no one came.

John 15:24

I did things among the people of the world that no one else has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. But they have seen what I did, and still they hate me and my Father.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you.

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Matthew 27:44

And in the same way, the criminals on the crosses beside Jesus also insulted him.

Philippians 2:5

In your life together, think the way Christ Jesus thought.