For even Christ did not please himself.(A) On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.[a](B) For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction,(C) so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures. Now may the God who gives[b] endurance and encouragement(D) grant you to live in harmony with one another,(E) according to Christ Jesus,

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  1. 15:3 Ps 69:9
  2. 15:5 Lit God of

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

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(D) toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

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  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9