Romans 15

1 And we ought—we who are strong—to bear the weaknesses of the powerless, and not to please ourselves;

But we who are stronger must bear with the feebleness of the weak, and not so as to please ourselves.

2 for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, for edification,

Each one of you should please his neighbor unto good, for edification.

3 for even the Christ did not please Himself, but according as it has been written: “The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me”;

For even Christ did not please himself, but as it was written: “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me.”

4 for as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

For whatever was written, was written to teach us, so that, through patience and the consolation of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

5 And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ,

6 that with one accord—with one mouth—you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

so that, together with one mouth, you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 for this reason receive one another, according as also the Christ received us, to the glory of God.

For this reason, accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, in the honor of God.

8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a servant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

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 the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it has been written: “Because of this I will confess to You among nations, and to Your Name I will sing praise”;

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 it says, “Rejoice you nations, with His people”;

And again, he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, along with his people.”

11 and again, “Praise the LORD, all you nations; and laud Him, all you peoples”;

And again: “All Gentiles, praise the Lord; and all peoples, magnify him.”

12 and again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, and He who is rising to rule nations—on Him will nations hope”;

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 and the God of the hope will fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

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 And I am persuaded, my brothers—I myself also—concerning you, that you yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, also able to admonish one another;

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 and the more boldly I wrote to you, brothers, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

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 for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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 I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God.

18 for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

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 in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

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 counting it honor to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named—that on another’s foundation I might not build—

And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,

21 but according as it has been written: “To whom it was not told concerning Him, they will see; and they who have not heard, will understand.”

but just as it was written: “Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand.”

22 For this reason, also, I was hindered many times from coming to you,

Because of this also, I was greatly hindered in coming to you, and I have been prevented until the present time.

23 and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come to you for many years,

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 may go on to Spain I will come to you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward there, if of you first, in part, I will be filled.

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 And now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the holy ones;

But next I will set out for Jerusalem, to minister to the saints.

26 for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the holy ones who [are] in Jerusalem;

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 for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if the nations participated in their spiritual things, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

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 This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

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 have known that coming to you—in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I will come.

And I know that when I come to you I shall arrive with an abundance of the blessings of the Gospel of Christ.

30 And I call on you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me to God,

Therefore, I beg you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Holy Spirit, that you assist me with your prayers to God on my behalf,

31 that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministry, that [is] for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the holy ones;

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

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

33 and the God of peace [be] with you all. Amen.

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