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Romans 15 Majority Standard Bible
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1 We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
3 For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
3 For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”
4 For what was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
5 Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,
5 Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
6 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.
7 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.
8 Now I tell you that Christ Jesus has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
8 Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
9 so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”
9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”
10 Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
10 Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
11 And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
11 Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”
12 And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
12 Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.”
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct others.
14 I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
15 However, brothers, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
15 But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
16 to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
18 I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
19 by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;
20 In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
20 yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
21 Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
21 But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
22 That is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,
23 But now that there are no further opportunities for me in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to visit you,
23 but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
24 I hope to come to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
24 whenever I travel to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem to serve the saints there.
25 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.
26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in material things.
28 So after I have completed this service and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set off to Spain by way of you.
28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.
30 Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
31 Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,
31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
32 so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.
32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.
33 The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Romans 14:1; Galatians 6:1–2; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 1 Corinthians 12:22–24
- 2 1 Corinthians 10:24; Romans 14:19; Philippians 2:4–5; 1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1; 1 Corinthians 9:19–22
- 3 Psalm 69:9; Philippians 2:8; John 5:30; Psalm 89:50–51; John 4:34
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; Romans 4:23–24; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Hebrews 10:35–36
- 5 Philippians 2:4–5; Romans 15:13; 1 Peter 3:8; Ephesians 5:2; Romans 12:16
- 6 John 10:29–30; Acts 4:24; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 1:6; 2 Corinthians 11:31
- 7 Matthew 10:40; John 13:34; Romans 14:1–3; Romans 5:2; Luke 9:48
- 8 Galatians 4:4–5; Matthew 15:24; 2 Corinthians 1:20; John 1:11; Acts 3:25–26
- 9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49; Romans 3:29; Matthew 9:8
- 10 Psalm 67:3–4; Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 42:10–12; Psalm 138:4–5; Psalm 68:32
- 11 Psalm 117:1
- 12 Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 11:1; Matthew 12:21; Revelation 22:16; Revelation 5:5
- 13 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 5:22; Romans 14:17
- 14 Colossians 3:16; 2 Peter 1:12; 1 John 2:21; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:7
- 15 Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Romans 1:5; Romans 12:6; 1 Peter 4:10–11
- 16 Romans 11:13; Romans 1:1; Acts 9:15; 2 Timothy 1:11; Philippians 2:17
- 17 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; 2 Corinthians 12:11–21; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Hebrews 5:1; Philippians 3:3
- 18 Acts 15:12; Romans 1:5; Acts 21:19; Proverbs 25:14; Galatians 2:8
- 19 2 Corinthians 12:12; Hebrews 2:4; Galatians 3:5; Acts 19:11–12; 2 Timothy 4:17
- 20 2 Corinthians 10:13–16; 1 Corinthians 3:9–15; Ephesians 2:20–22
- 21 Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 65:1
- 22 Romans 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:17–18
- 23 Romans 15:32; Romans 1:10–12; Romans 15:29; Acts 19:21; 1 Thessalonians 3:10
- 24 Romans 15:28; Romans 1:12; Acts 15:3; 2 Corinthians 1:16; Acts 21:5
- 25 Acts 24:17; Acts 19:21; Acts 20:22; Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:1–3
- 26 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; Acts 11:27–30; 2 Corinthians 9:2; James 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 9:12
- 27 Galatians 6:6; 1 Corinthians 9:11; Philemon 19; Romans 11:17
- 28 Romans 15:24; Philippians 4:17; Colossians 1:6; Proverbs 19:21; Lamentations 3:37
- 29 Ephesians 4:13; Romans 1:10–12; Psalm 16:11; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:19
- 30 Colossians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Philippians 2:1
- 31 2 Thessalonians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 8:4; Romans 15:25; 2 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 21:17–31
- 32 1 Corinthians 16:18; Acts 18:21; Philemon 7; Philemon 20; 2 Corinthians 7:13
- 33 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 16:20; Hebrews 13:20
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Receive thou therefore Him that was born of David, believing the prophecy which saith, And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles: in Him shall the Gentiles trust.
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