Romans 15

1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

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

2 Let each one of us try to make his neighbor happy for his good, unto his upbuilding.

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

3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but as it is written, The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.

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.

4 For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

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.

5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

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

6 so that with one heart and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

7 Wherefore always receive one another into fellowship, to the glory of God, even as Christ also received you.

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

8 For I say that Christ has been made a minister of the Circumcision the people of Israel, in vindication of God’s truth, so that he may confirm the promises given to our forefathers;

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

9 and so that the Gentiles also should praise God for his mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will offer praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing to thy name.

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.

10 Or again, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.

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

11 Or again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, And let all the people extol him.

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

12 Or again, as Isaiah says. There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

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.

13 Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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.

14 And I myself also am confident regarding you, my brothers, that you yourselves are already full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and well able to give advice to one another.

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.

15 Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles.

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,

16 I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

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.

17 I have then my boast in Christ Jesus concerning the things of God.

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

18 For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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,

19 through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

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;

20 My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ’s name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man’s foundation.

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

21 But, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

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.

22 This is why I have been so hindered from coming to you.

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

23 But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you

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

24 whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

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; )

25 Just now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.

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

26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make an offering for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

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

27 Yes, it has been made their good pleasure, and their debt, too. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual riches, they owe it to them also to minister to them the Jews in worldly goods.

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.

28 When, therefore, I have settled this, and have secured to them the poor at Jerusalem the fruit of this collection, I shall come on by you into Spain.

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

29 And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.

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

30 Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,

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;

31 that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judea; that my mission to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the saints;

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;

32 and that I may come to you in joy, by the will of God, and find rest together with you.

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

33 The God of peace be with you all! Amen.

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