Romans 15
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The Example of Christ
1 # [Gal. 6:1] We who are strong #1 Thess. 5:14; See ch. 14:1have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2#1 Cor. 10:33; [1 Cor. 9:19, 22; 10:24; Phil. 2:4]Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3For #Phil. 2:5, 8; [John 5:30; 6:38] Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, #Cited from Ps. 69:9“The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4For #ch. 4:23 whatever was written in former days was written for our #2 Tim. 3:16 instruction, that through endurance and through #Ps. 119:50the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you #See ch. 12:16to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6that together you may with one voice glorify #2 Cor. 1:3; Eph. 1:3; 1 Pet. 1:3; [John 20:17; Eph. 1:17; Rev. 1:6]the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles
8For I tell you that Christ #Matt. 15:24; John 1:11; [Heb. 3:1]; See Acts 3:26 became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order #[ch. 4:16; 2 Cor. 1:20]to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, 9and in order #See ch. 3:29 that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
# Cited from 2 Sam. 22:50; Ps. 18:49 “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name.”
10And again it is said,
# Cited from Deut. 32:43 “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
11And again,
# Cited from Ps. 117:1 “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples extol him.”
12And again Isaiah says,
# Cited from Isa. 11:10 #
Isa. 11:1; [Rev. 5:5; 22:16] “The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
#
Matt. 12:21
in him will the Gentiles hope.”
13May the God of hope fill you with all #[ch. 5:1, 2; 14:17]joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 # [2 Pet. 1:12; 3:1; 1 John 2:21] I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,#15:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30 that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with #1 Cor. 1:5; 13:2; [1 Cor. 8:1, 7, 10; 12:8]all knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, #See ch. 1:5because of the grace given me by God 16to be #See ch. 11:13 a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles #[Mal. 1:11] in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that #Isa. 66:20; [Phil. 2:17]the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17In Christ Jesus, then, I have #Phil. 3:3 reason to be proud of #Heb. 2:17; 5:1my work for God. 18For I will not venture to speak of anything except #Acts 15:12; 21:19; Gal. 2:8 what Christ has accomplished through me #See ch. 1:5to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19#2 Cor. 12:12; [Acts 19:11] by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that #Acts 22:17-21 from Jerusalem and all the way around #[Acts 20:1, 2]to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, #[2 Cor. 10:13, 15, 16]lest I build on someone else’s foundation, 21but as it is written,
# Cited from Isa. 52:15 “Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
22This is the reason why #ch. 1:13; [1 Thess. 2:18]I have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and #ver. 29, 32; ch. 1:10, 11; Acts 19:21since I have longed for many years to come to you, 24I hope to see you in passing as I go #ver. 28 to Spain, and #See Acts 15:3to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25At present, however, #Acts 19:21; 20:22; 21:15; 24:17; [ver. 31]I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26For #1 Cor. 16:1-4; 2 Cor. 8:1; 9:2, 13Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. 27For they were pleased to do it, and indeed #1 Cor. 9:11; [Gal. 6:6]they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. 28When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,#15:28 Greek sealed to them this fruit I will leave #ver. 24for Spain by way of you. 29I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing#15:29 Some manuscripts insert of the gospel of Christ.
30I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by #[Phil. 2:1; Col. 1:8] the love of the Spirit, #Col. 4:12; [2 Cor. 1:11; Col. 2:1, 2; Heb. 13:18]to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 31#2 Thess. 3:2; [2 Tim. 3:11; 4:17] that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that #2 Cor. 8:4my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and #[1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor. 7:13; Philem. 7, 20]be refreshed in your company. 33May #ch. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:11; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 13:20; [1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Thess. 3:16]the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Romans 15
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1 But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.
2 Each one of you should please his neighbor unto good, for edification.
3 For even Christ did not please himself, but as it was written: "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me."
4 For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
5 So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ,
6 so that, together with one mouth, you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 For this reason, accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, in the honor of God.
8 For I declare that Christ Jesus was the minister of circumcision because of the truth of God, so as to confirm the promises to the fathers,
9 and that the Gentiles are to honor God because of his mercy, just as it was written: "Because of this, I will confess you among the Gentiles, O Lord, and I will sing to your name."
10 And again, he says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, along with his people."
11 And again: "All Gentiles, praise the Lord; and all peoples, magnify him."
12 And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, and in him the Gentiles shall hope."
13 So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
14 But I am also certain about you, my brothers, that you also have been filled with love, completed with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.
15 But I have written to you, brothers, more boldly than to the others, as if calling you to mind again, because of the grace which has been given to me from God,
16 so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God.
18 So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,
19 with the power of signs and wonders, by power of the Holy Spirit. For in this way, from Jerusalem, throughout its surroundings, as far as Illyricum, I have replenished the Gospel of Christ.
20 And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,
21 but just as it was written: "Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand."
22 Because of this also, I was greatly hindered in coming to you, and I have been prevented until the present time.
23 Yet truly now, having no other destination in these regions, and having already had a great desire to come to you over the past many years,
24 when I begin to set out on my journey to Spain, I hope that, as I pass by, I may see you, and I may be guided from there by you, after first having borne some fruit among you.
25 But next I will set out for Jerusalem, to minister to the saints.
26 For those of Macedonia and Achaia have decided to make a collection for those of the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
27 And this has pleased them, because they are in their debt. For, since the Gentiles have become partakers of their spiritual things, they also ought to minister to them in worldly things.
28 Therefore, when I have completed this task, and have consigned to them this fruit, I shall set out, by way of you, to Spain.
29 And I know that when I come to you I shall arrive with an abundance of the blessings of the Gospel of Christ.
30 Therefore, I beg you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and though the love of the Holy Spirit, that you assist me with your prayers to God on my behalf,
31 so that I may be freed from the unfaithful who are in Judea, and so that the oblation of my service may be acceptable to the saints in Jerusalem.
32 So may I come to you with joy, through the will of God, and so may I be refreshed with you.
33 And may the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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