Romans 15

1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.

Let each of us please his neighbor in that which is good, unto edification;

3 For even Christ didn’t please himself. But, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

for Christ did not please himself; but, as has been written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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.

For so many things as were previously written were written for our instruction, in order that through the patience and through the consolation of the scriptures we may have hope.

5 Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

But may the God of patience and consolation grant unto you to think the same things among one another with reference to Christ Jesus.

6 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In order that you may with one accord with one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

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,

For I say that Christ has been made minister of circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises of the fathers,

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.”

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as has been written, Therefore I will confess thee among the Gentiles, and in thy name sing praises.

10 Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”

And again, Let all the Gentiles praise the Lord; and let all ye peoples praise him.

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.”

And again, Isaiah says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.

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.

And the God of hope fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Ghost.

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.

But I am indeed persuaded, my brethren, concerning you, that you are also full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able also to admonish one another.

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,

But I have written unto you more boldly in part, as reminding you, on account of the grace which has been given unto me from God,

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.

that I should be the minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be well received, having been sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

Moreover I have boldness in Christ Jesus as to the things appertaining to God:

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,

for I will not dare to speak anything save those things which Christ has wrought through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,

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;

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem, and around about even unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ;

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.

but being so ambitious not to preach the gospel, where Christ has been named, in order that I may not build on another man's foundation;

21 But, as it is written, “They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”

but, as has been written, Those, to whom he has not been preached, shall see concerning him, and they who have not heard shall understand.

22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

Therefore indeed I was hindered much from coming unto you:

23 but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,

but now, no longer having a place in these regions, and having an earnest longing for many years to come to you,

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.

as I may journey into Spain, for I hope traveling through to see you, and by you to be sent forth thither, if in the first place I may be satisfied with your company—

25 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

but now I journey to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints.

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.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor who are in Jerusalem.

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.

For they were pleased to do so; and they are their debtors: for if the Gentiles participated in spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

Then having completed and sealed this fruit unto them, I will sail away for Spain by you;

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

but I know that coming unto you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

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,

But I exhort you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you cooperate with me in your prayers to God in my behalf;

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,

in order that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and my ministry may be acceptable to the saints in Jerusalem;

32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest.

in order that having come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you find rest.

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

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