Section 12
always bears the weaknesses of His believers (2 Cor. 12:9) and does not please Himself. In receiving the believers, we have to do the same according to Him, not pleasing ourselves, but bearing others' weaknesses.
Pleasing Others
"Let each of us please his neighbor unto what is good for building. For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached You fell upon Me" (vv. 2-3). We have to please others that they may be built up in the Body. We do not need to please others for any purpose other than the purpose that they be built up in the Body. For the sake of this purpose, we must pay the price that we may please others. Christ did not please Himself; He pleased the Father by bearing the reproaches which should have fallen upon the Father. Like wise, we should not please ourselves; we should please others by bearing their weaknesses that they may be built up in the Body of Christ.
Being Likeminded
"For whatever was written before was writ ten for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we may