| Rom. 15:1 |
But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those who are weak and not to please ourselves. |
| Rom. 15:2 |
Let each of us please his neighbor with a view to what is good for building up. |
| Rom. 15:3 |
For Christ also did not please Himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached You fell upon Me." |
| Rom. 15:4 |
For the things that were written previously were written for our instruction, in order that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. |
| Rom. 15:5 |
Now the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind toward one another according to Christ Jesus, |
| Rom. 15:6 |
That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Rom. 15:7 |
Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you to the glory of God. |
| Rom. 15:8 |
For I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcision for the sake of God's truthfulness, to confirm the promises [given] to the fathers, |
| Rom. 15:9 |
And that the Gentiles should glorify God for [His] mercy, as it is written, "Therefore I will extol You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to Your name." |
| Rom. 15:10 |
And again he says, "Rejoice, Gentiles, with His people." |
| Rom. 15:11 |
And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples speak praise to Him." |
| Rom. 15:12 |
And again, Isaiah says, "There shall be the root of Jesse, even He who rises to rule the Gentiles; on Him will the Gentiles hope." |
| Rom. 15:13 |
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| Rom. 15:14 |
But I myself also am persuaded concerning you, my brothers, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. |
| Rom. 15:15 |
But I have written the more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you [of them] again because of the grace given to me by God |
| Rom. 15:16 |
That I might be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, a laboring priest of the gospel of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit. |
| Rom. 15:17 |
I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God. |
| Rom. 15:18 |
For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not accomplished through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and by work, |
| Rom. 15:19 |
In the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ, |
| Rom. 15:20 |
But [have done] so aspiring to announce the gospel not where Christ has been named, so that I would not build upon another's foundation; |
| Rom. 15:21 |
But as it is written, "They will see, they to whom nothing concerning Him was announced; and those who have not heard will understand." |
| Rom. 15:22 |
For this reason also I have been hindered these many times from coming to you. |
| Rom. 15:23 |
But now I no longer have place in these regions and have had a desire since many years ago to come to you |
| Rom. 15:24 |
Whenever I may go to Spain, for I hope to see you in passing and be sent forward there by you, if first I am filled, [at least] in part, by your [company.] |
| Rom. 15:25 |
But now I am going to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints. |
| Rom. 15:26 |
For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. |
| Rom. 15:27 |
For they were pleased [to do it,] and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they ought also to do service to them in material things. |
| Rom. 15:28 |
When therefore I have finished this and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. |
| Rom. 15:29 |
And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. |
| Rom. 15:30 |
Now I exhort you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, |
| Rom. 15:31 |
That I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and [that] my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, |
| Rom. 15:32 |
So that coming to you in joy through the will of God, I may refresh myself and rest with you. |
| Rom. 15:33 |
Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |