Romans 2:24

2:24 For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

Romans 11:30

11:30 Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

Romans 12:4

12:4 For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

Romans 15:1

Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak

15:1 But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.


sn A quotation from Isa 52:5.

tn Grk “and not please ourselves.” NT Greek negatives used in contrast like this are often not absolute, but relative: “not so much one as the other.”