Romans 15

¹We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification.

³For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me."

⁴For whatever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that we through the patience and the consolation of the Scriptures might have hope.

⁵And may the God of patience and consolation grant that ye may be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ received you to the glory of God.

⁸For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of God’s truth, in order to make sure the promises given to the fathers;

⁹and that the gentiles glorified God for his mercy, as it is written, "For this cause I will give praise to thee among the gentiles, and sing to thy name."

¹⁰And again he saith: "Rejoice, ye gentiles, with his people."

¹¹And again: "Praise the Lord, all ye gentiles, and let every people praise him."

¹²And again Isaiah saith: "There shall be the shoot from Jesse, and he that riseth up to rule the gentiles; in him shall the gentiles hope."

¹³And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴But I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are even of yourselves full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵But I have written to you, brethren, in a manner somewhat bold on some subjects, as putting you in mind, on account of the grace given me by God

¹⁶that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷I have then ground for glorying in Christ Jesus in regard to the things pertaining m God.

¹⁸For I will not be bold to say anything hut of what Christ hath actually wrought by me to bring the gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

¹⁹by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and in the country around even to Illyricum, I have fully made known the gospel of Christ;

²⁰but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,—not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on another’s foundation,

²¹but, as it is written: "They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand."

²²For which cause also, for the most part, I have been hindered from coming to you.

²³But now having no more opportunity in these regions, and having had for many years a great desire to come to you,

²⁴when I go to Spain, I will come to you; for I hope to see you on my way, and to be helped forward thither by you, after I have in some degree satisfied myself with your company.

²⁵But now I am going to Jerusalem on a service of relief to the saints.

²⁶For Macedonia and Achaia have thought it good to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

²⁷They have thought it good, and they owed it to them. For if the gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they ought in return to minister to them in temporal things.

²⁸When therefore I have completed this business, and secured to them this fruit, I shall set out to pass through you to Spain.

²⁹And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

³⁰But I beseech you, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love produced by the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers to God for me;

³¹that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints;

³²so that, through the will of God, I may come to you in joy, and may with you be refreshed.

³³And may the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Romans 15

¹We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

²Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

³For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

⁴For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

⁵Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

⁸Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

⁹And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

¹⁰And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

¹²And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

¹⁶That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

¹⁹Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

²⁰Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

²¹But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

²²For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

²³But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

²⁴Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

²⁵But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

²⁶For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

²⁷It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

²⁸When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

²⁹And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

³⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

³¹That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

³²That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

³³Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.