Romans 15:3

New Century Version

Even Christ did not live to please himself. It was as the Scriptures said: “When people insult you, it hurts me.”

Cross References

Psalm 69:9

My strong love for your Temple completely controls me. When people insult you, it hurts me.

Philippians 2:8

And when he was living as a man, he humbled himself and was 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 and to finish his work.

John 6:38

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

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is fair. I don’t try to please myself, but I try to please the One who sent me.

2 Corinthians 8:9

You know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know that Christ was rich, but for you he became poor so that by his becoming poor you might become rich.

John 8:29

The One who sent me is with me. I always do what is pleasing to him, so he has not left me alone.”

Matthew 26:42

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

Matthew 10:25

A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher; a servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, then the other members of the family will be called worse names!

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart and left me weak. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; I found no one to comfort me.

John 15:24

I did works among them that no one else has ever done. If I had not done these works, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen what I have done, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I remain in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will remain in my love.

Matthew 26:39

After walking a little farther away from them, Jesus fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, do not give me this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Matthew 27:44

And in the same way, the robbers who were being crucified beside Jesus also insulted him.

Philippians 2:5

In your lives you must think and act like Christ Jesus.