Romans 15
15
1Those of us who are spiritually strong ought to support those who are spiritually weak. We shouldn't just please ourselves. 2We should all encourage others to do what's morally right, building them up. 3Christ didn't live to please himself, but as Scripture says of him, “The insults of those who abused you have fallen on me.”#15:3. Quoting Psalms 69:9. 4These Scriptures were written down in the past to help us understand, and to encourage us so that we could wait patiently in hope.
5May the God who gives patience and encouragement help you to be in full agreement among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6so that you can with one mind and with one voice together glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
7So accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, and give God the glory. 8I maintain that Christ came as a servant to the Jews#15:8. Literally, “of circumcision.” to show God tells the truth, keeping the promises he made to their forefathers. 9He also came that foreigners could praise God for his mercy, as Scripture says, “Therefore I will praise you among the foreigners; I will sing praises to your name.”#15:9. Quoting Psalms 18:49. 10And also: “Foreigners, celebrate with his people!”#15:10. Quoting Deuteronomy 32:43. 11And again: “All you foreigners, praise the Lord, let all peoples praise him.”#15:11. Quoting Psalms 117:1. 12And again, Isaiah says, “Jesse's descendant will come to rule the nations, and foreigners will put their hope in him.”#15:12. Quoting Isaiah 11:10. “Jesse's descendant.” This refers to Jesse, the father of King David, who was the beginning of the royal line.
13May the God of hope completely fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you will overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit! 14I'm convinced that you, my brothers and sisters, are full of goodness, and that you are filled with every kind of knowledge, so you are well able to teach one another. 15I've been blunt in the way I have written to you about some of these things, but this is just to remind you. For God gave me grace 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the foreigners, like a priest sharing God's good news, so that they could become an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.
17So even though I have something to boast about because of my service for God, 18(I wouldn't dare talk about any of this except as Christ has done it through me), I have led foreigners to obedience through my teaching and demonstration, 19through the power of signs and miracles done with the Holy Spirit's power. From Jerusalem all the way over to Illyricum, everywhere I've shared fully the good news of Christ. 20In fact I was keen to spread the good news in places that hadn't heard the name of Christ, so that I wouldn't be building on what others have done. 21As Scripture says, “Those who haven't been told the good news will discover him, and those who haven't heard will understand.”#15:21. Quoting Isaiah 52:15
22That's why I was prevented so many times from coming to see you. 23But now, as there's nowhere left here to work, and since I've looked forward to visiting you for many years, 24when I go to Spain I hope to see you when I pass through. Maybe you can give me some help for my journey once we've enjoyed some time together. 25At the moment I'm on my way to Jerusalem to help the believers there, 26because the believers in Macedonia and Achaia thought it was a good idea to send a contribution to the poor among the believers in Jerusalem. 27They were happy to do this because they're in their debt.#15:27. Meaning that the foreigners are indebted to the Jews for sharing the good news of God. This particular instance applies specifically to the believers in Jerusalem, so the foreigners are happy to send a gift to help them. Now that foreigners are sharing their spiritual benefits, they owe it to the Jewish believers#15:27. Implied. to help them in material things. 28So once I've done this, and have safely delivered this contribution to them, I'll visit you on my way to Spain. 29I know that when I come, Christ will give us his full blessing.
30I want to encourage you, my brothers and sisters through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join together in praying hard for me. 31Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea. Pray that my work in Jerusalem will be welcomed by the believers there. 32Pray that I will come to you with gladness, as God wills, so we can enjoy one another's company. 33May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Romans (Rom) 15
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1So we who are strong have a duty to bear the weaknesses of those who are not strong, rather than please ourselves. 2Each of us should please his neighbor and act for his good, thus building him up. 3For even the Messiah did not please himself; rather, as the Tanakh says, ‘The insults of those insulting you fell on me.’ 4For everything written in the past was written to teach us, so that with the encouragement of the Tanakh we might patiently hold on to our hope. 5And may God, the source of encouragement and patience, give you the same attitude among yourselves as the Messiah Yeshua had, 6so that with one accord and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
7So welcome each other, just as the Messiah has welcomed you into God’s glory. 8For I say that the Messiah became a servant of the Jewish people in order to show God’s truthfulness by making good his promises to the Patriarchs, 9and in order to show his mercy by causing the Gentiles to glorify God — as it is written in the Tanakh,
“Because of this I will acknowledge you among the Gentiles
and sing praise to your name.”
10And again it says,
“Gentiles, rejoice with his people.”
11And again,
“Praise Adonai, all Gentiles!
Let all peoples praise him!”
12And again, Yesha‘yahu says,
“The root of Yishai will come,
he who arises to rule Gentiles;
Gentiles will put their hope in him.”
13May God, the source of hope, fill you completely with joy and shalom as you continue trusting, so that by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh you may overflow with hope.
14Now I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and well able to counsel each other. 15But on some points I have written you quite boldly by way of reminding you about them, because of the grace God has given me 16to be a servant of the Messiah Yeshua for the Gentiles, with the priestly duty of presenting the Good News of God, so that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, made holy by the Ruach HaKodesh.
17In union with the Messiah Yeshua, then, I have reason to be proud of my service to God; 18for I will not dare speak of anything except what the Messiah has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by my words and deeds, 19through the power of signs and miracles, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Yerushalayim all the way to Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the Good News of the Messiah. 20I have always made it my ambition to proclaim the Good News where the Messiah was not yet known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation, 21but rather, as the Tanakh puts it,
“Those who have not been told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”
22This is also why I have so often been prevented from visiting you. 23But now, since there is no longer a place in these regions that needs me, and since I have wanted for many years to come to you, 24I hope to see you as I pass through on my way to Spain, and to have you help me travel there after I have enjoyed your company awhile.
25But now I am going to Yerushalayim with aid for God’s people there. 26For Macedonia and Achaia thought it would be good to make some contribution to the poor among God’s people in Yerushalayim. 27They were pleased to do it, but the fact is that they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared with the Jews in spiritual matters, then the Gentiles clearly have a duty to help the Jews in material matters. 28So when I have finished this task and made certain that they have received this fruit, I will leave for Spain and visit you on my way there; 29and I know that when I come to you, it will be with the full measure of the Messiah’s blessings. 30And now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God on my behalf 31that I will be rescued from the unbelievers in Y’hudah, and that my service for Yerushalayim will be acceptable to God’s people there. 32Then, if it is God’s will, I will come to you with joy and have a time of rest among you. 33Now may the God of shalom be with you all. Amen.
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