Romans 15:2

for his good to edification These words taken together perfectly define the principle of Christian complaisance. Cp. 1 Corinthians 10:33, and contrast Galatians 1:10, where St Paul treats the case of radically false doctrine, not, as here, a question of secondary practice. "Edification:" see on Romans 14:19. The Christian's aim in "pleasing his neighbour" was to be the harmony, advance, and strength, of the "blessed company of the faithful" as a united aggregate.