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For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written,(A) “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”[a] For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.(B) May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony[b] with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,(C)

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  1. 15:3 Liberation from the law of Moses does not make the scriptures of the old covenant irrelevant. Much consolation and motivation for Christian living can be derived from the Old Testament, as in the citation from Ps 69:10. Because this psalm is quoted several times in the New Testament, it has been called indirectly messianic.
  2. 15:5 Think in harmony: a Greco-Roman ideal. Not rigid uniformity of thought and expression but thoughtful consideration of other people’s views finds expression here.

For even Christ did not please himself(A) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](B) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(C) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(D) toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

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  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9