Romans 15

We then ^athat are strong ought to bear the ^binfirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ^2cLet every one of us please his neighbour for his good ^dto edification. ^3eFor even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, ^fThe reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. ⁴For ^gwhatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our ^hlearning, that we through patience and ⁱcomfort of the scriptures might have hope. ⁵Now the God of patience and consolation grant you ^kto be likeminded one towards another according to Christ Jesus: ⁶that ye may ^lwith one mind and ^mone mouth glorify ⁿGod, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁷Wherefore ^oreceive ye one another, as Christ also received us, ^pto the glory of God. ⁸Now I say that ^qJesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision ^rfor the truth of God, to ^sconfirm the promises made unto the fathers: ⁹and ^tthat the Gentiles might ^pglorify God for his mercy; as it is written, ^uFor this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. ¹⁰And again he saith, ^xRejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. ¹¹And again, ^yPraise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. ¹²And again Esaias saith, ^zThere shall be ^aa root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. ¹³Now 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 Ghost.

¹⁴And ^bI myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of ^cgoodness, filled with all ^dknowledge, able also to admonish one another. ¹⁵Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you ^ein some sort, ^bas putting you in mind, ^fbecause of the grace that is given to me of God, ¹⁶that ^gI should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the ^hoffering up of the Gentiles might be ⁱacceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. ¹⁷I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ ^kin those things which pertain to God. ¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of any of those things ^lwhich Christ hath not wrought by me, ^mto make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, ¹⁹through ⁿmighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. ²⁰Yea, so have I ^ostrived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, ^plest I should build upon another man’s foundation: ²¹but as it is written, ^qTo whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. ²²For which cause also I have been much ^rhindered from coming to you. ²³But now having no more place in these ^sparts, and ^thaving a great desire these many years to come unto you; ²⁴whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and ^uto be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be ^esomewhat filled with your company. ²⁵But now I ^xgo unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. ²⁶For it hath pleased them of ^yzMacedonia and ^yaAchaia ^bto make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. ²⁷It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For ^cif the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, ^dtheir duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. ²⁸When therefore I have performed this, and have ^esealed to them this ^ffruit, I will come by you into Spain. ²⁹And I am sure that, ^gwhen I come unto you, I shall come in the ^hfulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. ³⁰Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye ⁱstrive together with me in your prayers to God for me; ^31kthat I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my ^lservice which I have for Jerusalem may be ^llaccepted of the saints; ³²that I may come unto you with joy ^mby the will of God, and may with you be ⁿrefreshed. ³³Now ^othe God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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