For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
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Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God, and the good of others. We must please our neighbour, for the good of his soul; not by serving his wicked will, and humouring him in a sinful way; if we thus seek to please men, we are not the servants of Christ.
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This thought runs through Romans 15:2-6.