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Instead, we should all please other believers for their own good, in order to build them up in the faith. (A)For Christ did not please himself. Instead, as the scripture says, “The insults which are hurled at you have fallen on me.” (B)Everything written in the Scriptures was written to teach us, in order that we might have hope through the patience and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.

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

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  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9