Romans 15
15
1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. 3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”#15:3 Psalm 69:9 4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews#15:8 Greek circumcision on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name.”#15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
10Again, it says,
“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”#15:10 Deut. 32:43
11And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him.”#15:11 Psalm 117:1
12And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”#15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— 19by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. 20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. 21Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”#15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)
22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, 24I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. 26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. 27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. 28So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. 29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
30I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. 33The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Romans 15
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Bearing Others’ Burdens
1We #Rom. 14:1; (Gal. 6:1, 2); 1 Thess. 5:14then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2#1 Cor. 9:22; 10:24, 33; 2 Cor. 13:9Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3#Matt. 26:39; (Phil. 2:5–8)For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, #Ps. 69:9“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4For #Rom. 4:23, 24; 1 Cor. 10:11; 2 Tim. 3:16, 17whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5#1 Cor. 1:10; Phil. 1:27Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6that you may #Acts 4:24with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Glorify God Together
7Therefore #Rom. 14:1, 3receive one another, just #Rom. 5:2as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8Now I say that #Matt. 15:24; Acts 3:26Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, #(Rom. 4:16); 2 Cor. 1:20to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 9and #John 10:16that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:
#2 Sam. 22:50; Ps. 18:49“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name.”
10And again he says:
#Deut. 32:43“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”
11And again:
#Ps. 117:1“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!”
12And again, Isaiah says:
#Is. 11:1, 10“There shall be a root of Jesse;
And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”
13Now may the God of hope fill you with all #Rom. 12:12; 14:17joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
From Jerusalem to Illyricum
14Now #2 Pet. 1:12I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, #1 Cor. 1:5; 8:1, 7, 10filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 15Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, #Rom. 1:5; 12:3because of the grace given to me by God, 16that #Acts 9:15; Rom. 11:13I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the #(Is. 66:20)offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus #Heb. 2:17; 5:1in the things which pertain to God. 18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things #Acts 15:12; 21:19; 2 Cor. 3:5; Gal. 2:8which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, #Rom. 1:5to make the Gentiles obedient— 19#Acts 19:11in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, #1 Cor. 3:10; (2 Cor. 10:13, 15, 16)lest I should build on another man’s foundation, 21but as it is written:
#Is. 52:15“To whom He was not announced, they shall see;
And those who have not heard shall understand.”
Plan to Visit Rome
22For this reason #Rom. 1:13; 1 Thess. 2:17, 18I also have been much hindered from coming to you. 23But now no longer having a place in these parts, and #Acts 19:21; 23:11; Rom. 1:10, 11having a great desire these many years to come to you, 24whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, #Acts 15:3and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may #Rom. 1:12enjoy your company for a while. 25But now #Acts 19:21I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. 26For #1 Cor. 16:1; 2 Cor. 8:1–15it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. 27It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For #Rom. 11:17if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, #1 Cor. 9:11their duty is also to minister to them in material things. 28Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them #Phil. 4:17this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. 29#(Rom. 1:11)But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and #Phil. 2:1through the love of the Spirit, #2 Cor. 1:11; Col. 4:12that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, 31#2 Tim. 3:11; 4:17that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that #2 Cor. 8:4my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32#Rom. 1:10that I may come to you with joy #Acts 18:21by the will of God, and may #1 Cor. 16:18be refreshed together with you. 33Now #Rom. 16:20; 1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Cor. 13:11; Phil. 4:9; (1 Thess. 5:23); 2 Thess. 3:16; Heb. 13:20the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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