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Nowδὲweἡμεῖςwho are strongοἱ δυνατοὶoughtὈφείλομενto bearβαστάζεινthe weaknessesτὰ ἀσθενήματαof those without strength,τῶν ἀδυνάτωνandκαὶnotμὴto pleaseἀρέσκεινourselves.ἑαυτοῖς
Romans 15:1
Study it in the app“Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.”
The strong bear the weaknesses of the weakThe Church and Community
With the Greek beneath
Romans 15:1, word by word
- who are strongδυνατοὶdynatoi
mighty
One who has strength and ability to act.
Where else “dynatoi” appears- oughtὈφείλομενOpheilomen
ought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “Opheilomen” appears- to bearβαστάζεινbastazein
bear
To carry the weight of others or of something hard without dropping it.
Where else “bastazein” appears- the weaknessesἀσθενήματαasthenēmata
weakness
Weakness, infirmity.
Where else “asthenēmata” appears- of those without strengthἀδυνάτωνadynatōn
powerless
Powerless, unable to help oneself.
Where else “adynatōn” appears- to pleaseἀρέσκεινareskein
please
Please.
Where else “areskein” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, for building up.
To study Romans 15 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul ask in v. 7, and what example does he give?
2. What it means
Why does Paul say the Scriptures were written to give us hope? (v. 4)
3. How I live it
"Welcome one another" (v. 7). Whom could you welcome this week who feels out of place?