Romans 15
15
Pleasing Others, Not Ourselves
1Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, # Rm 14:1; Gl 6:2; 1Th 5:14 and not to please ourselves. 2Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. # 1Co 9:22; 10:24,33; 2Co 13:9 3For even the Messiah did not please Himself. # 2Co 8:9 On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me. # Ps 69:9 # Ps 69:9 4For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, # Rm 4:23; 2Tm 3:16 so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures. 5Now may the God who gives # Lit God of endurance and encouragement # 2Co 1:3 allow you to live in harmony with one another, # Rm 12:16 according to the command of Christ Jesus, 6so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ # Rv 1:6 with a united mind and voice.
Glorifying God Together
7Therefore accept one another, # Rm 14:1 just as the Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God. 8For I say that the Messiah became a servant of the circumcised # The Jews on behalf of God’s truth, # Mt 15:24; Ac 3:26 to confirm the promises to the fathers, # Rm 4:16; 2Co 1:20 9and so that Gentiles # Rm 3:29; 11:30 may glorify God for His mercy. # Mt 9:8 As it is written:
Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles,
and I will sing psalms to Your name. # 2Sm 22:50; Ps 18:49 # 2Sm 22:50; Ps 18:49
10Again it says: Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people! # Dt 32:43 # Dt 32:43 11And again:
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
all the peoples should praise Him! # Ps 117:1 # Ps 117:1
12And again, Isaiah says:
The root of Jesse # Rv 5:5; 22:16 will appear,
the One who rises to rule the Gentiles;
the Gentiles will hope in Him. # Is 11:10; Mt 12:21 # Is 11:10
13Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him # Rm 14:17 so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. # 1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5
From Jerusalem to Illyricum
14My brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, # Eph 5:9; 2Th 1:11 filled with all knowledge, # 1Co 1:5; 8:1,7,10; 12:8; 13:2 and able to instruct one another. 15Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points # Other mss add brothers because of the grace given me by God # Rm 12:3 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, # Ac 9:15; Rm 11:13 serving as a priest of God’s good news. # Rm 1:1 My purpose is that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, # Rm 12:1; Eph 5:2; Php 2:17 sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus # Php 3:3 regarding what pertains to God. # Heb 2:17; 5:1 18For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me # Ac 15:12; 21:19; Rm 1:5; 2Co 3:5 to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, 19by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, # Jn 4:48 and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem # Ac 22:17-21 all the way around to Illyricum. # A Roman province northwest of Greece on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea # Ac 20:1 20My aim is to evangelize where Christ has not been named, # Rm 1:15; 10:15 so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation, # 1Co 3:10; 2Co 10:15-16 21but, as it is written:
Those who were not told about Him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand. # Is 52:15 # Is 52:15
Paul’s Travel Plans
22That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you. # Rm 1:13; 1Th 2:18 23But now I no longer have any work to do in these provinces, # Lit now, having no longer a place in these parts and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you # Ac 19:21; Rm 1:10 24whenever I travel to Spain. # Other mss add I will come to you. For I hope to see you when I pass through, and to be assisted by you for my journey there, # Ac 15:3 once I have first enjoyed your company # Rm 1:12 for a while. 25Right now I am traveling to Jerusalem # Ac 19:21 to serve the saints, # Ac 24:17 26for Macedonia # Ac 16:9; 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2,4; 11:9; Php 4:15; 1Th 1:7; 4:10; 1Tm 1:3 and Achaia # The churches of these provinces # Ac 18:12; 19:21 were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, # 1Co 9:11 then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs. 28So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds # Lit delivered this fruit to them, # Jn 3:33 I will visit you on the way to Spain. 29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing # Other mss add of the gospel of Christ.
30Now I appeal to you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, # Gl 5:22; Col 1:8 to join with me in fervent prayers to God on my behalf. # 2Co 1:11; Col 4:12 31Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, # 2Co 1:10; 2Th 3:2; 2Tm 3:11; 4:17 that the gift I am bringing to # Lit that my service for Jerusalem # 2Co 8:4; 9:1 may be acceptable to the saints, # Ac 9:13; Rm 15:15 32and that, by God’s will, # Ac 18:21; Rm 1:10 I may come to you with joy # Rm 15:23 and be refreshed together with you.
33The God of peace be with all of you. # Rm 16:20; 2Co 13:11; Php 4:9; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 3:16; Heb 13:20 Amen.
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Romans 15
15
Self-denial on Behalf of Others
1Now we who are strong [in our convictions and faith] ought to [patiently] put up with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not just please ourselves. 2Let each one of us [make it a practice to] please his #15:2 I.e. all those with whom we have contact.neighbor for his good, to build him up spiritually. 3For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written [in Scripture], “The reproaches of those who reproached You (the Father) fell on Me (the Son).” [Ps 69:9] 4For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises. 5Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, 6so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify and praise and honor the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7Therefore, [continue to] accept and welcome one another, just as Christ has accepted and welcomed us to the glory of [our great] God. 8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant and a minister to the circumcision (Jews) on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm and verify the promises made to the fathers, 9and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy [to them, since God had no covenant with them]. As it is written and forever remains written,
“Therefore I praise You among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.” [Ps 18:49]
10Again it says,
“Rejoice and celebrate, O Gentiles, along with His people.” [Deut 32:43]
11And again,
“Praise the Lord all you Gentiles,
And let all the peoples praise Him!” [Ps 117:1]
12Again Isaiah says,
“There shall be a root of #15:12 Jesse was the father of David the king, and Jesus (the Messiah) was a descendant of David.Jesse,
He who arises to rule [as King] over the Gentiles,
In Him shall the Gentiles hope.” [Is 11:1, 10; Rev 5:5; 22:16]
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.
14Personally I am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, amply filled with all [spiritual] knowledge, and competent to admonish and counsel and instruct one another. 15Still, on some points I have written to you very boldly and without reservation to remind you [about them] again, because of the grace that was given to me from God, 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I minister as a priest the gospel of God, in order that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable [to Him], sanctified [made holy and set apart for His purpose] by the Holy Spirit. 17In Christ Jesus, then, I have found [legitimate] reason for boasting in things related [to my service] to God. 18For I will not [even] presume to speak of anything except what Christ has done through me [as an instrument in His hands], resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles [to the gospel], by word and deed, 19with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] in the power of the Spirit. So [starting] from Jerusalem and as far away as #15:19 Located nearly 1,400 miles from Jerusalem, Illyricum was a Roman province of economic and strategic importance. It was a large region north of Macedonia located between the Adriatic Sea and the Danube River, and was known for its commercial seaports and gold mines. The great Roman road, Via Egnatia, started in Illyricum and ran eastward to Byzantium.Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel [faithfully preaching the good news] of Christ [where it had not before been preached]. 20Accordingly I set a goal to preach the gospel, not where Christ’s name was already known, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation; 21but [instead I would act on this goal] as it is written [in Scripture],
“They who had no news of Him shall see,
And they who have not heard [of Him] shall understand.” [Is 52:15]
22This [goal—my commitment to this principle] is the reason why I have often been prevented from coming to you [in Rome]. 23But now, with no further place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you— 24whenever I go [on my trip] to Spain—I hope to see you as I pass through [Rome], and to be helped on my journey there by you, after I have first enjoyed your company for a little while. 25But for now, I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints (Jewish believers). 26For [Gentile believers in] #15:26 In addition to Macedonia and Achaia some churches in Asia Minor also contributed to this offering.Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints (Jewish believers) in Jerusalem. 27They were pleased to do it, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual things, then they are indebted to serve them also in [tangible] material things. 28Therefore, when I have finished this [mission] and have safely given to them what has been raised, I will go on by way of you to Spain. 29I know that when I do come to you, I will come in the abundant blessing of Christ.
30I urge you, believers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join together with me in your prayers to God in my behalf, 31[and pray] that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints (Jewish believers) there; 32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and find rest in your company. 33May the God of peace be with you all! Amen.
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