3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me."
3 For even Christ didn't live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, "The insults of those who insult you, OÂ God, have fallen on me."
3 That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it.
3 for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'