Romans 15:2
Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
KJV
ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν·
Greek NT
Unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum, ad ædificationem.
Vulgate
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.
ASV
Let every one of you Please his neighbour unto good, to edification.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
οἰκοδομή
oikodome
noun · 18×
πλησίον
plesion
adverb · 17×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἀγαθός
agathos
adjective · 102×
ἀρέσκω
aresko
verb · 17×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And ye indeed say that you know even His substance, but that the Son not even the day, the Son, who is always in the bosom of the Father; and yet His substance is much greater than the days, even infinitely greater. How then, while assigning to yourselves the greater things, do you not allow even the less to the Son, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210227.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 1Cor 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 1Cor 10:24 — Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
- 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
- 1Cor 11:1 — Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- 1Cor 14:3 — But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
- 1Thess 5:11 — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
- Jude 1:20 — But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
- Matt 22:39 — And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
- Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
- Rom 14:15 — But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
- Rom 14:19 — Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
- Rom 14:19 — Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
- Titus 2:9 — Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;