罗马书第十五章第1—3节保罗说,在主里信心坚固的弟兄不要只做让自己喜悦的事,也应该担当信心软弱者的软弱,从而使他们喜悦,变得信心坚固。家人是每个人最直接的邻舍,若家里每个人都按此而行,每个家庭将何其美好?教会里的每个弟兄姐妹也是邻舍,若每个弟兄姐妹都按此而行,教会将何其美好?耶稣没有求自己的喜悦,而是求门徒们的喜悦,所以在十字架上用他的血洗净了我们的罪。耶稣的爱是对我们每个人的勉励:不求自己的喜悦,而是求邻舍的喜悦。
罗15:1 我们坚固的人、应该担代不坚固人的软弱、不求自己的喜悦。
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
罗15:2 我们各人务要叫邻舍喜悦、使他得益处、建立德行。
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
罗15:3 因为基督也不求自己的喜悦、如经上所记、『辱骂你人的辱骂、都落在我身上。』
For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."