“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. — Hoi dynatoi (those able, strong) have obligation (opheilō, owe) to bastazo (bear, carry, endure) the astheneiai (weaknesses, infirmities) of the asthenes (weak, powerless). Not areskeia heautois (self-pleasing) but kenosis (self-emptying) orientation. The strong's strength is measured by their capacity to serve.
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