Bearing Others’ Burdens

Bearing Others’ Burdens

1   a   Exhortation                                We ^athen who are strong ought to bear with the ¹scruples of the weak,

     b   Rejection                                         and not to please ourselves.

2   a   Mandate                                     ^bLet each of us please his neighbor for his good,

     b   Purpose                                           leading to ²edification.

3   a   Reason (2a-2b)                                 ^cFor even Christ did not please Himself;

     b   Comparison                                     but as it is written,

     c   Quotation                                             ^d“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.”

4   a   Reason (3b)                                               For ^ewhatever things were written before were written

     b   Affirmation                                          for our learning,

     c   Purpose                                                     that we through the ³patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

5   a   Topic (b)                                         ^fNow

     b   Wish (Pos.)                                 may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

6        Purpose                                           that you may ^gwith one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.^[1]

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^a Rom. 14:1; [Gal. 6:1, 2]; 1 Thess. 5:14

¹ weaknesses

^b 1 Cor. 9:22; 10:24, 33; 2 Cor. 13:9

² building up

^c Matt. 26:39; [Phil. 2:5–8]

^d Ps. 69:9

^e Rom. 4:23, 24; 1 Cor. 10:11; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17

³ perseverance

^f 1 Cor. 1:10; Phil. 1:27

^g Acts 4:24

^[1] The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982. Print.