Romans 15:3

καὶ γὰρ ὁ χριστὸς. Who is at once the standard and the inspiration of the Christian’s conduct. ὁ χρ. The Christ as we know Him in the life of Jesus.

ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγρ. Psalms 69:9 : for constr. cf. Romans 9:7. The Christ submitted Himself to the reproaches heaped upon GOD, rather than please Himself. The quotation illustrates Christ’s principle in the extremest case: and the argument from it is a fortiori, Christians should act upon the principle in lesser difficulties. S. H. take it that S. Paul is using the quotation in a different sense from the original—taking σε = another man: but this seems unnecessary. The Psalm is frequently quoted in relation to Christ (John 2:17; Matthew 27:27-30; Matthew 27:34; John 19:29; and also Romans 11:9; Acts 1:20, Lid.).