Romans 15:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἕκαστος ἡμῶν τῷ πλησίον ἀρεσκέτω εἰς τὸ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς οἰκοδομήν.

Transliteration

Hekastos of us to the plēsion let aresketō eis the agathon pros oikodomēn.

Grammar Details

*Hekastos*: nominative, masculine, singular - each one
*plēsion*: dative, masculine, singular - neighbor
*aresketō*: present active imperative, 3rd person singular - let please
*eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
*agathon*: accusative, neuter, singular - good
*pros*: preposition with accusative - toward/for
*oikodomēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - edification/building up

Word Meanings

*Hekastos*: each one/every one
*plēsion*: neighbor/fellow person
*aresketō*: let please/must please
*agathon*: good thing/benefit/what is good
*oikodomēn*: edification/building up/strengthening

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 10:24 : 24 Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good].
Rom 14:19 : 19 So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
1 Cor 9:19-22 : 19 For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak I became {G5613} weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
1 Cor 10:33-11:1 : 33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of the many, that they may be saved. 1 Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1 Cor 13:5 : 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;
Phil 2:4-5 : 4 not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others. 5 Have this {G5426} mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Titus 2:9-9 : 9 [None Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing None [to them] in all things; not gainsaying; 10 not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

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