Romans 15

1 But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.

Let each of us please his neighbor in that which is good, unto edification;

3 For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

for Christ did not please himself; but, as has been written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4 For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

For so many things as were previously written were written for our instruction, in order that through the patience and through the consolation of the scriptures we may have hope.

5 Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

But may the God of patience and consolation grant unto you to think the same things among one another with reference to Christ Jesus.

6 that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In order that you may with one accord with one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to [the] glory of God.

Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

8 For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of [the] circumcision for [the] truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

For I say that Christ has been made minister of circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises of the fathers,

9 and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among [the] nations, and will sing to thy name.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as has been written, Therefore I will confess thee among the Gentiles, and in thy name sing praises.

10 And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all [ye] nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

And again, Let all the Gentiles praise the Lord; and let all ye peoples praise him.

12 And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over [the] nations: in him shall [the] nations hope.

And again, Isaiah says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by [the] power of [the] Holy Spirit.

And the God of hope fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

But I am indeed persuaded, my brethren, concerning you, that you are also full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able also to admonish one another.

15 But I have written to you the more boldly, [brethren, ] in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,

But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God,

16 for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the [message of] glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by [the] Holy Spirit.

that I should be the minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be well received, having been sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

Moreover I have boldness in Christ Jesus as to the things appertaining to God:

18 For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for [the] obedience of [the] nations, by word and deed,

for I will not dare to speak anything save those things which Christ has wrought through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,

19 in [the] power of signs and wonders, in [the] power of [the] Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem, and around about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

20 and so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

but being so ambitious not to preach the gospel, where Christ has been named, in order that I may not build on another man's foundation;

21 but according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

but, as has been written, Those, to whom he has not been preached, shall see concerning him, and they who have not heard shall understand.

22 Wherefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.

Therefore indeed I was hindered much from coming unto you:

23 But now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,

but now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having an earnest longing for many years to come to you,

24 whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company; )

as I may journey into Spain, for I hope traveling through to see you, and by you to be sent forth thither, if in the first place I may be satisfied with your company—

25 but now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

but now I journey to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints.

26 for Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor who are in Jerusalem.

27 They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.

For they were pleased to do so; and they are their debtors: for if the Gentiles participated in spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

28 Having finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.

Then having completed and sealed this fruit unto them, I will sail away for Spain by you;

29 But I know that, coming to you, I shall come in [the] fulness of [the] blessing of Christ.

but I know that coming unto you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

30 But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;

But I exhort you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you cooperate with me in your prayers to God in my behalf;

31 that I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which [I have] for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

in order that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and my ministry may be acceptable to the saints in Jerusalem;

32 in order that I may come to you in joy by God's will, and that I may be refreshed with you.

in order that having come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

33 And the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.