a Rom 14:1; Gal 6:2; 1 Thess 5:14
b 1 Cor 9:22; 10:24, 33; 2 Cor 13:9
d Rom 14:19; 1 Cor 10:23; 14:3f, 26; 2 Cor 12:19; Eph 4:12, 29
e 2 Cor 8:9
f Ps 69:9
g Rom 4:23f; 2 Tim 3:16
h 2 Cor 1:3
j Rom 12:16
l Rev 1:6
m Rom 14:1
o Matt 15:24; Acts 3:26
p Rom 4:16; 2 Cor 1:20
q Rom 3:29; 11:30f
r Matt 9:8
s 2 Sam 22:50; Ps 18:49
u Deut 32:43
v Ps 117:1
w Is 11:10
x Rev 5:5; 22:16
y Matt 12:21
z Rom 14:17
aa Rom 15:19; 1 Cor 2:4; 1 Thess 1:5
ab Eph 5:9; 2 Thess 1:11
ac 1 Cor 1:5; 8:1, 7, 10; 12:8; 13:2
ad Rom 12:3
af Acts 9:15; Rom 11:13
ag Rom 1:1; 15:19, 20
ah Rom 12:1; Eph 5:2; Phil 2:17
ai Phil 3:3
aj Heb 2:17; 5:1
al Acts 15:12; 21:19; Rom 1:5; 2 Cor 3:5
ao John 4:48
ap Rom 15:13; 1 Cor 2:4; 1 Thess 1:5
aq Acts 22:17-21
ar Acts 20:1f
at Rom 1:15; 10:15; 15:16
au 1 Cor 3:10; 2 Cor 10:15f
av Is 52:15
aw Rom 1:13; 1 Thess 2:18
ax Acts 19:21; Rom 1:10f; 15:29, 32
ay Rom 15:28
az Acts 15:3
ba Rom 1:12
bc Acts 19:21
bd Acts 24:17
bf Acts 16:9; 1 Cor 16:5; 2 Cor 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2, 4; 11:9; Phil 4:15; 1 Thess 1:7f; 4:10; 1 Tim 1:3
bg Acts 18:12; 19:21
bi 1 Cor 9:11
bj John 3:33
bl Rom 15:24
bm Acts 19:21; Rom 1:10f; 15:23, 32
bn Gal 5:22; Col 1:8
bo 2 Cor 1:11; Col 4:12
bp 2 Cor 1:10; 2 Thess 3:2; 2 Tim 3:11; 4:17
bq Rom 15:25f; 2 Cor 8:4; 9:1
bs Acts 9:13, 15
bt Rom 15:23
bu Acts 18:21; Rom 1:10
bv Rom 16:20; 2 Cor 13:11; Phil 4:9; 1 Thess 5:23; 2 Thess 3:16; Heb 13:20

Romans 15

Self-denial on Behalf of Others

1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of athose without strength and not just please ourselves. 2Each of us is to bplease his neighbor ▼
▼ Lit for what is good to edification
for his good, to his dedification. 3For even eChrist did not please Himself; but as it is written, f“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4For gwhatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5Now may the hGod ▼
▼ Lit of perseverance
who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you jto be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, 6so that with one accord you may with one ▼
▼ Lit mouth
voice glorify lthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7Therefore, maccept one another, just as Christ also accepted ▼
▼ One early ms reads you
us to the glory of God. 8For I say that Christ has become a servant to othe circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm pthe promises given to the fathers, 9and for qthe Gentiles to rglorify God for His mercy; as it is written, s“Therefore I will ▼
▼ Or confess
 give praise to You among the Gentiles,
And I will sing to Your name.”

 10Again he says, u“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

 11And again, v“Praise the Lord all you Gentiles,
And let all the peoples praise Him.”

 12Again Isaiah says, w“There shall come x the root of Jesse,
And He who arises to rule over the Gentiles,
y In Him shall the Gentiles hope.”

 13Now may the God of hope fill you with all zjoy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope aaby the power of the Holy Spirit.

14And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of abgoodness, filled with acall knowledge and able also to admonish one another. 15But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of adthe grace that was given me ▼
▼ One early ms reads by God
from God, 16to be afa minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the aggospel of God, so that my ahoffering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found aireason for boasting in ajthings pertaining to God. 18For I will not presume to speak of anything ▼
▼ Lit which Christ has not accomplished
except what alChrist has accomplished through me, ▼
▼ Lit to the obedience
resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, 19in the power of ▼
▼ Or attesting miracles
 , aosigns and wonders, apin the power of the Spirit; so that aqfrom Jerusalem and round about as arfar as Illyricum I have ▼
▼ Lit fulfilled
fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20And thus I aspired to atpreach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, auso that I would not build on another man’s foundation; 21but as it is written, av“They who had no news of Him shall see,
And they who have not heard shall understand.”

22For this reason awI have often been prevented from coming to you; 23but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I axhave had for many years a longing to come to you 24whenever I aygo to Spain— for I hope to see you in passing, and to be azhelped on my way there by you, when I have first baenjoyed your company ▼
▼ Lit in part
for a while— 25but now, bcI am going to Jerusalem bdserving the ▼
▼ Or holy ones
saints. 26For bfMacedonia and bgAchaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the ▼
▼ V 25, note 1
saints in Jerusalem. 27Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For biif the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things. 28Therefore, when I have finished this, and bjhave ▼
▼ Lit sealed to them this fruit
put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will blgo on by way of you to Spain. 29I know that when bmI come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

30Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by bnthe love of the Spirit, to bostrive together with me in your prayers to God for me, 31that I may be bprescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my bqservice for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the ▼
▼ V 25, note 1
 , bssaints; 32so that btI may come to you in joy by buthe will of God and find refreshing rest in your company. 33Now bvthe God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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