Romans 15

1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

And we ought — we who are strong — to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

2 Let each one of us try to make his neighbor happy for his good, unto his upbuilding.

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but as it is written, The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.

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 everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

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 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

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 so that with one heart and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

that with one accord — with one mouth — ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

7 Wherefore always receive one another into fellowship, to the glory of God, even as Christ also received you.

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

8 For I say that Christ has been made a minister of the Circumcision the people of Israel, in vindication of God’s truth, so that he may confirm the promises given to our forefathers;

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 so that the Gentiles also should praise God for his mercy, as it is written, Therefore I will offer praise to thee among the Gentiles, And sing to thy name.

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 Or again, Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.

and again it saith, 'Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

11 Or again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, And let all the people extol him.

and again, 'Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'

12 Or again, as Isaiah says. There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that arises to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

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 Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 myself also am confident regarding you, my brothers, that you yourselves are already full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and well able to give advice to one another.

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 Still I have written unto you the more boldly, in part, by way of reminding you, because of that gift of grace which God bestowed upon me, in making me a priest of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles.

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 I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

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 my boast in Christ Jesus concerning the things of God.

I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

18 For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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 through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

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 My ambition has been, however, to preach the gospel where Christ’s name was not already known, so that I might not build upon another man’s foundation.

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, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

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 This is why I have been so hindered from coming to you.

Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

23 But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you

and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

24 whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

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 Just now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.

And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make an offering for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who [are] in Jerusalem;

27 Yes, it has been made their good pleasure, and their debt, too. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual riches, they owe it to them also to minister to them the Jews in worldly goods.

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 When, therefore, I have settled this, and have secured to them the poor at Jerusalem the fruit of this collection, I shall come on by you into Spain.

This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

29 And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.

and I have known that coming unto you — in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

30 Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,

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 the disobedient in Judea; that my mission to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the saints;

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

that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

33 The God of peace be with you all! Amen.

and the God of the peace [be] with you all. Amen.