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Romans 15 Young's Literal Translation

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1 And we ought — we who are strong — to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; 2 for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification, 3 for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;' 4 for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope. 5 And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus; 6 that with one accord — with one mouth — ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; 7 wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God. 8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers, 9 and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,' 10 and again it saith, 'Rejoice ye nations, with His people;' 11 and again, 'Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;' 12 and again, Isaiah saith, 'There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations — upon him shall nations hope;' 13 and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit. 14 And I am persuaded, my brethren — I myself also — concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish; 15 and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God, 16 for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God, 18 for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed, 19 in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ; 20 and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named — that upon another's foundation I might not build — 21 but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.' 22 Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you, 23 and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years, 24 when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled. 25 And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints; 26 for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem; 27 for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them. 28 This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain; 29 and I have known that coming unto you — in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come. 30 And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God, 31 that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that [is] for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints; 32 that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you, 33 and the God of the 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 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Romans 14:1; Galatians 6:1–2; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 1 Corinthians 12:22–24
  2. 2 1 Corinthians 10:24; Romans 14:19; Philippians 2:4–5; 1 Corinthians 10:33–11:1; 1 Corinthians 9:19–22
  3. 3 Psalm 69:9; Philippians 2:8; John 5:30; Psalm 89:50–51; John 4:34
  4. 4 1 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; Romans 4:23–24; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Hebrews 10:35–36
  5. 5 Philippians 2:4–5; Romans 15:13; 1 Peter 3:8; Ephesians 5:2; Romans 12:16
  6. 6 John 10:29–30; Acts 4:24; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 1:6; 2 Corinthians 11:31
  7. 7 Matthew 10:40; John 13:34; Romans 14:1–3; Romans 5:2; Luke 9:48
  8. 8 Galatians 4:4–5; Matthew 15:24; 2 Corinthians 1:20; John 1:11; Acts 3:25–26
  9. 9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49; Romans 3:29; Matthew 9:8
  10. 10 Psalm 67:3–4; Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 42:10–12; Psalm 138:4–5; Psalm 68:32
  11. 11 Psalm 117:1
  12. 12 Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 11:1; Matthew 12:21; Revelation 22:16; Revelation 5:5
  13. 13 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 5:22; Romans 14:17
  14. 14 Colossians 3:16; 2 Peter 1:12; 1 John 2:21; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:7
  15. 15 Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Romans 1:5; Romans 12:6; 1 Peter 4:10–11
  16. 16 Romans 11:13; Romans 1:1; Acts 9:15; 2 Timothy 1:11; Philippians 2:17
  17. 17 2 Corinthians 2:14–16; 2 Corinthians 12:11–21; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Hebrews 5:1; Philippians 3:3
  18. 18 Acts 15:12; Romans 1:5; Acts 21:19; Proverbs 25:14; Galatians 2:8
  19. 19 2 Corinthians 12:12; Hebrews 2:4; Galatians 3:5; Acts 19:11–12; 2 Timothy 4:17
  20. 20 2 Corinthians 10:13–16; 1 Corinthians 3:9–15; Ephesians 2:20–22
  21. 21 Isaiah 52:15; Isaiah 65:1
  22. 22 Romans 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:17–18
  23. 23 Romans 15:32; Romans 1:10–12; Romans 15:29; Acts 19:21; 1 Thessalonians 3:10
  24. 24 Romans 15:28; Romans 1:12; Acts 15:3; 2 Corinthians 1:16; Acts 21:5
  25. 25 Acts 24:17; Acts 19:21; Acts 20:22; Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:1–3
  26. 26 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; Acts 11:27–30; 2 Corinthians 9:2; James 2:5–6; 2 Corinthians 9:12
  27. 27 Galatians 6:6; 1 Corinthians 9:11; Philemon 19; Romans 11:17
  28. 28 Romans 15:24; Philippians 4:17; Colossians 1:6; Proverbs 19:21; Lamentations 3:37
  29. 29 Ephesians 4:13; Romans 1:10–12; Psalm 16:11; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:19
  30. 30 Colossians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:25; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Philippians 2:1
  31. 31 2 Thessalonians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 8:4; Romans 15:25; 2 Corinthians 9:1; Acts 21:17–31
  32. 32 1 Corinthians 16:18; Acts 18:21; Philemon 7; Philemon 20; 2 Corinthians 7:13
  33. 33 2 Corinthians 13:11; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 16:20; Hebrews 13:20

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 15:8 John Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans (Homily XXVIII)

    Again, he is speaking of Christ's concern for us, still holding to the same topic, and showing what great things He hath done for us, and how "He pleased not Himself." (Rom. xv. 3.) And besides this, there is another point which he makes good, that those of the Gentiles are debtors to a larger amount unto God.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 15:1 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXVI)

    because the Church of Christ hath both strong and weak ones; and cannot be without either strong or weak; whence the Apostle Paul says, "Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak." In that Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," he represents the strong: but in that he totters, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 15:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily VII)

    … which was produced after the ascension, manifests His equality with the Father; thus saying, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on my right hand." And Isaiah too saith, "He that riseth up to rule over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust." But how saith he that Bethlehem is "not the least among the princes of Judah?" …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 15:12 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XII)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 15:29 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapter XV)

    … adoption of sons, our liberty to call God our Father, our being made partakers of the grace of Christ, our being called children of light, our sharing in eternal glory, and, in a word, our being brought into a state of all "fulness of blessing," both in this world and in the world to come, of all the good gifts …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)