THE BOOK OF ROMANS

Romans Chapter 15

1 ¶ We who are strong ought then to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.

4 For whatever things were written in the past were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5 ¶ Now may the God who gives you patience and comfort grant you to be of the same mind one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6 So that you may with one mind and one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 ¶ Therefore accept one another, as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

8 For I tell you that Jesus Christ was a servant to the Jews for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

9 So that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this reason I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing hymns to your name.

10 And again he declares, Rejoice, you Gentiles, together with his people.

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and honor him, all you peoples.

12 And again, Isaiah declares, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

13 ¶ Now may the God of this hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you abound in this hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 ¶ Now I am convinced also, my brethren, on my own part concerning you, that you also are rich in goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to advise one another.

15 Nevertheless, I have written to you somewhat boldly on certain points, so as to remind you of them again, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

16 That I should be a servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, with the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, that my offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable to God, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

17 ¶ Therefore in Christ Jesus I have reason to glory in regard to those things that pertain to God.

18 For I will not venture to speak of anything that Christ did not accomplish through me, by what I have said and done, for the obedience of the Gentiles,

19 In conjunction with mighty signs and wonders, wrought by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

20 Moreover, I have sought to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, that I might not build on another man’s foundation:

21 Instead as it is written, Those who were not told about him, shall see: and those who have not heard shall understand.

22 ¶ That is why I have often been prevented from coming to you.

23 But now since I have no further opportunity to work in these regions, and have for many years desired to visit you;

24 I hope to visit you when I take my journey to Spain: and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

25 But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints there.

26 For those of Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

27 They were glad to do it; and are truly in debt to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought to minister to them in material things.

28 Therefore after I have completed this task, and made sure that they have received this fruit, I will visit you on my way to Spain.

29 And I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30 ¶ Now I urge you, brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive with me in your prayers to God on my behalf;

31 That I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe; and that my errand of love for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

32 So that by the will of God I may come to you with joy, and together with you be refreshed.

33 Now may the God of peace be with you all. Amen.