Romans 15

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

We then who are strong ought to hear 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 one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for 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 seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who 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 whatever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that we through the patience and the consolation of the Scriptures might 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;

And may the God of patience and consolation grant that ye may be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;

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

that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, 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.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ 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 became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of God's truth, in order to make sure the promises given to 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 glorified God for his mercy, as it is written, “For this cause I will give praise to thee among the gentiles, and sing to thy name.”

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

And again he saith: “Rejoice, ye gentiles, with his people.”

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

And again: “Praise the Lord, all ye gentiles, and let every people 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 saith: “There shall be the shoot from Jesse, and he that riseth up to rule 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 may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are even of yourselves full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, 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 to you, brethren, in a manner somewhat bold on some subjects, as putting you in mind, on account of the grace given me by 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 a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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

I have then ground for glorying in Christ Jesus in regard to the things pertaining m 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 be bold to say anything hut of what Christ hath actually wrought by me to bring the gentiles to obedience by 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;

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and in the country around even to Illyricum, I have fully made known 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 always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner, —not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on another'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 it is written: “They, to whom no tidings concerning him came, shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.”

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

For which cause also, for the most part, I have been hindered from coming to you.

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

But now having no more opportunity in these regions, and having had for many years a great desire 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; )

when I go to Spain, I will come to you; for I hope to see you on my way, and to be helped forward thither by you, after I have in some degree satisfied myself with your company.

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

But now I am going to Jerusalem on a service of relief 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 have thought it good to make a contribution for the poor among the saints 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.

They have thought it good, and they owed it to them. For if the gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they ought in return to minister to them in temporal things.

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

When therefore I have completed this business, and secured to them this fruit, I shall set out to pass through you to Spain.

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

And I know that when I come to you, I shall 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 beseech you, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love produced by the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers to God for me;

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;

that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judaea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints;

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

so that, through the will of God, I may come to you in joy, and may with you be refreshed.

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

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