Romans 15:2

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Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Peace, then, and the building up of each other, these are what we must aim at.

Why, free as I am from all, I have made myself the slave of all, to win over as many as I could.

Each of us must consult his neighbour's interests, not his own.

Copy me, as I copy Christ.

is never rude, never selfish, never irritated, never resentful;

and each with an eye to the interests of others as well as to his own.

Tell servants to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction all round, not to be refractory,