Rom 15:14-33 | ESV | STEP | I myself am satisfied about you , my brothers , that you yourselves are full of goodness , filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another .

pCited from Isa. 52:15

q ch. 1:13; [1 Thess. 2:18]

r ver. 29, 32; ch. 1:10, 11; Acts 19:21

s ver. 28

tSee Acts 15:3

u Acts 19:21; 20:22; 21:15; 24:17; [ver. 31]

v 1 Cor. 16:1-4; 2 Cor. 8:1; 9:2, 13

w 1 Cor. 9:11; [Gal. 6:6]

y ver. 24

aa[Phil. 2:1; Col. 1:8]

ab Col. 4:12; [2 Cor. 1:11; Col. 2:1, 2; Heb. 13:18]

ac 2 Thess. 3:2; [2 Tim. 3:11; 4:17]

ad 2 Cor. 8:4

ae[1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor. 7:13; Philem. 7, 20]

af ch. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:11; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 5:23; Heb. 13:20; [1 Cor. 14:33; 2 Thess. 3:16]

Romans 15:14-33

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

14 ^aI myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30} that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with ^call knowledge and able to instruct one another. 15 But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, ^dbecause of the grace given me by God 16 to be ^ea minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles ^fin the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that ^gthe offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 In Christ Jesus, then, I have ^hreason to be proud of ⁱmy work for God. 18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except ^jwhat Christ has accomplished through me ^kto bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 ^lby the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that ^mfrom Jerusalem and all the way around ⁿto Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; 20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, ^olest I build on someone else’s foundation, 21 but as it is written,

^p“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

22 This is the reason why ^qI have so often been hindered from coming to you. 23 But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and ^rsince I have longed for many years to come to you, 24 I hope to see you in passing as I go ^sto Spain, and ^tto be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 At present, however, ^uI am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26 For ^vMacedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. 27 For they were pleased to do it, and indeed ^wthey owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. 28 When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, ^{▼▼Greek sealed to them this fruit} I will leave ^yfor Spain by way of you. 29 I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert of the gospel} of Christ.

30 I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^aathe love of the Spirit, ^abto strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, 31 ^acthat I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that ^admy service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and ^aebe refreshed in your company. 33 May ^afthe God of peace be with you all. Amen.