Romans 15:1-13

¶ We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not please ourselves. Let each one of us please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification. For the Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me. For the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we, through patient endurance and through the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope. ¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to Christ Jesus, that ye may with one accord and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¶ Therefore bear one another, as the Christ also bore us, to the glory of God. Now I say that Christ Jesus, was a minister of the circumcision, by the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers; but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name. And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and magnify him, all the peoples. And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall wait for salvation. ¶ And believing, the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit.