Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance

15:7 Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised4 on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,5 15:9 and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy.6 As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”7 15:10 And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”8 15:11 And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”9 15:12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”10 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him,11 so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.