Romans 15

Bearing Others’ Burdens

15We ^athen who are strong ought to bear with the ¹scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ^2bLet each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to ²edification. ^3cFor even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, ^d“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” ⁴For ^ewhatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the ³patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. ^5fNow may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, ⁶that you may ^gwith one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorify God Together

⁷Therefore ^hreceive one another, just ⁱas Christ also received ⁴us, to the glory of God. ⁸Now I say that ^jJesus Christ has become a ⁵servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, ^kto confirm the promises made to the fathers, ⁹and ^lthat the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

^m“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,

And sing to Your name.”

¹⁰And again he says:

ⁿ“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

¹¹And again:

^o“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!

Laud Him, all you peoples!”

¹²And again, Isaiah says:

^p“There shall be a root of Jesse;

And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,

In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all ^qjoy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

From Jerusalem to Illyricum

¹⁴Now ^rI myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, ^sfilled with all knowledge, able also to admonish ⁶one another. ¹⁵Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, ^tbecause of the grace given to me by God, ¹⁶that ^uI might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the ^voffering ⁷of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. ¹⁷Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus ^win the things which pertain to God. ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things ^xwhich Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, ^yto make the Gentiles obedient—^19zin mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, ^alest I should build on another man’s foundation, ²¹but as it is written:

^b“To whom He was not announced, they shall see;

And those who have not heard shall understand.”

Plan to Visit Rome

²²For this reason ^cI also have been much hindered from coming to you. ²³But now no longer having a place in these parts, and ^dhaving a great desire these many years to come to you, ²⁴whenever I journey to Spain, ⁸I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, ^eand to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may ^fenjoy your company for a while. ²⁵But now ^gI am going to Jerusalem to ⁹minister to the saints. ²⁶For ^hit pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. ²⁷It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For ⁱif the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, ^jtheir duty is also to minister to them in material things. ²⁸Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them ^kthis fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. ^29lBut I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing ¹of the gospel of Christ.

³⁰Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and ^mthrough the love of the Spirit, ⁿthat you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, ^31othat I may be delivered from those in Judea who ²do not believe, and that ^pmy service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, ^32qthat I may come to you with joy ^rby the will of God, and may ^sbe refreshed together with you. ³³Now ^tthe God of peace be with you all. Amen.