Paul's Letter to the Romans, Chapter 15
{15:1} Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the
weak, and not to please ourselves. {15:2} Let each one of us please
his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. {15:3} For
even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The
reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."[1] {15:4} For
whatever things were written before were written for our learning,
that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we
might have hope. {15:5} Now the God of patience and of encouragement
grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ
Jesus, {15:6} that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
{15:7} Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted
[2>]you,[<2] to the glory of God. {15:8} Now I say that Christ has
been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he
might confirm the promises given to the fathers, {15:9} and that the
Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
"Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles,
and sing to your name."[3]
{15:10} Again he says,
"Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."[4]
{15:11} Again,
"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Let all the peoples praise him."[5]
{15:12} Again, Isaiah says,
"There will be the root of Jesse,
he who arises to rule over the Gentiles;
in him the Gentiles will hope."[6]
{15:13} Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy
Spirit. {15:14} I myself am also persuaded about you, my
[7>]brothers[<7], that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled
with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. {15:15} But I write
the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace
that was given to me by God, {15:16} that I should be a servant of
Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of
God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable,
sanctified by the Holy Spirit. {15:17} I have therefore my boasting in
Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. {15:18} For I will not dare
to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me,
for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, {15:19} in the
power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so that from
Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached
the Good News of Christ; {15:20} yes, making it my aim to preach the
Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build
on another's foundation. {15:21} But, as it is written,
"They will see, to whom no news of him came.
They who haven't heard will understand."[8]
{15:22} Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming
to you, {15:23} but now, no longer having any place in these regions,
and having these many years a longing to come to you, {15:24} whenever
I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my
journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy
your company for a while. {15:25} But now, I say, I am going to
Jerusalem, serving the saints. {15:26} For it has been the good
pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for
the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. {15:27} Yes, it has
been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe
it to them also to serve them in fleshly things. {15:28} When
therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this
fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. {15:29} I know that, when
I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good
News of Christ.
{15:30} Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your
prayers to God for me, {15:31} that I may be delivered from those who
are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for
Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; {15:32} that I may come to
you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
{15:33} Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Footnotes:
[1] {15:3} Psalm 69:9
[2] {15:7} TR reads "us" instead of "you"
[3] {15:9} 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
[4] {15:10} Deuteronomy 32:43
[5] {15:11} Psalm 117:1
[6] {15:12} Isaiah 11:10
[7] {15:14} The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may
also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
[8] {15:21} Isaiah 52:15
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