1. But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.
2. Each one of you should please his neighbor unto good, for edification.
3. For even Christ did not please himself, but as it was written: "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me."
4. For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
5. So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ,