Romans 15

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Accept One Another

¹We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

¹Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the powerless and not to please ourselves.

²Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

²Let each of us please the neighbor unto good, for building up.

³For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”^a

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

⁴For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

⁴For as much as was written before was all written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have the hope.

⁵Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

⁵Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another, according to Christ Jesus,

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

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

Christ the Servant of Jews and Gentiles

⁷Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

⁷Therefore receive one another as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

⁸For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

⁸For I say that Christ has become a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers,

⁹so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles;

I will sing hymns to Your name.”^a

⁹and for the Gentiles to glorify God for mercy, as it has been written: “Because of this I will praise You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to Your name.”

¹⁰Again, it says:

“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”^a

¹⁰And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

¹¹And again:

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,

and extol Him, all you peoples.”^a

¹¹And again: “Praise the Lord, all the Gentiles, and extol Him, all the peoples.”

¹²And once more, Isaiah says:

“The Root of Jesse will appear,

One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles;

in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”^a

¹²And again, Isaiah says: “There will be the root of Jesse, and the One arising to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will hope.”

¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹³And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for you to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

¹⁴I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

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

¹⁵However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

¹⁵But I wrote to you more boldly in part, as reminding you, because of the grace having been given to me by God

¹⁶to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶for me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest in the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

¹⁷Therefore I have ground for boasting in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God.

¹⁸I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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

¹⁹by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God.^a So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

¹⁹in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God, so as for me, from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum, to have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ,

²⁰In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

²⁰and thus striving earnestly to preach the gospel where Christ was not named, so that I might not build upon another’s foundation.

²¹Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about Him will see,

and those who have not heard will understand.”^a

²¹But as it has been written: “They will see, to whom it was not announced concerning Him; and those who have not heard will understand.”

²²That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

²²Therefore also I was being himdered many times from coming to you.

Paul’s Travel Plans

²³But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,

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

²⁴I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.

²⁴as I may go to Spain, I hope, for going through, to see you and to be sent forth there by you, if first I should be filled up of you in part.

²⁵Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.

²⁵But now I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

²⁶For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

²⁶For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.

²⁷They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.

²⁷For they were pleased, and they are debtors of them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in the fleshly things.

²⁸So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.

²⁸Therefore, having completed this, and having sealed this fruit to them, I will depart through you to Spain.

²⁹I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing^a of Christ.

²⁹And I know that coming to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

³⁰Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

³⁰Now I exhort 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,

³¹Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

³¹so that I may be delivered from the unbelieving ones in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

³²so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

³²so that having come to you in joy, through the will of God I may be refreshed together with you.

³³The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.^a

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