Paul's LettersNew Testament
Chapter 15· Book VI of 27
1Verse 1. Open verse actions.Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Verse 2. Open verse actions.Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. 3Verse 3. Open verse actions.For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” 4Verse 4. Open verse actions.For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5Verse 5. Open verse actions.Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, 6Verse 6. Open verse actions.that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7Verse 7. Open verse actions.Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. 8Verse 8. Open verse actions.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, 9Verse 9. Open verse actions.and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.” 10Verse 10. Open verse actions.Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.” 11Verse 11. Open verse actions.Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.” 12Verse 12. Open verse actions.Again, Isaiah says, “There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope.” 13Verse 13. Open verse actions.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. 14Verse 14. Open verse actions.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. 15Verse 15. Open verse actions.But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, 16Verse 16. Open verse actions.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. 17Verse 17. Open verse actions.I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. 18Verse 18. Open verse actions.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, 19Verse 19. Open verse actions.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; 20Verse 20. Open verse actions.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. 21Verse 21. Open verse actions.But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.” 22Verse 22. Open verse actions.Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you, 23Verse 23. Open verse actions.but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you, 24Verse 24. Open verse actions.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. 25Verse 25. Open verse actions.But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. 26Verse 26. Open verse actions.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. 27Verse 27. Open verse actions.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 fleshly things. 28Verse 28. Open verse actions.When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. 29Verse 29. Open verse actions.I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ. 30Verse 30. Open verse actions.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, 31Verse 31. Open verse actions.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; 32Verse 32. Open verse actions.that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest. 33Verse 33. Open verse actions.Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.