Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 15

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Romans 15 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 15 of Romans—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

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¶ Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of ¹those without strength and not just please ourselves.
Each of us is to ²please his neighbor ^[a]for his good, to his ³edification.
For even ⁴Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “⁵THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME.”
For ⁶whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Now may the ⁷God ^[b]who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you ⁸to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
so that with one accord you may with one ^[c]voice glorify ⁹the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
¶ Therefore, ¹⁰accept one another, just as Christ also accepted ^[d]us to the glory of God.
For I say that Christ has become a servant to ¹¹the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm ¹²the promises given to the fathers,
and for ¹³the Gentiles to ¹⁴glorify God for His mercy; as it is written,
¶ “¹⁵THEREFORE I WILL ^[e]GIVE PRAISE TO YOU AMONG THE GENTILES,
AND I WILL SING TO YOUR NAME.”
¶ Again he says,
¶ “¹⁶REJOICE, O GENTILES, WITH HIS PEOPLE.”
¶ And again,
¶ “¹⁷PRAISE THE LORD ALL YOU GENTILES,
AND LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE HIM.”
¶ Again Isaiah says,
¶ “¹⁸THERE SHALL COME ¹⁹THE ROOT OF JESSE,
AND HE WHO ARISES TO RULE OVER THE GENTILES,
²⁰IN HIM SHALL THE GENTILES HOPE.”
¶ Now may the God of hope fill you with all ²¹joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope ²²by the power of the Holy Spirit.
¶ And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of ²³goodness, filled with ²⁴all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.
But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of ²⁵the grace that was given me ^[f]from God,
to be ²⁶a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the ²⁷gospel of God, so that my ²⁸offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found ²⁹reason for boasting in ³⁰things pertaining to God.
For I will not presume to speak of anything ^[g]except what ³¹Christ has accomplished through me, ^[h]resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,
in the power of ^[i]³²signs and wonders, ³³in the power of the Spirit; so that ³⁴from Jerusalem and round about as ³⁵far as Illyricum I have ^[j]fully preached the gospel of Christ.
And thus I aspired to ³⁶preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, ³⁷so that I would not build on another man’s foundation;
but as it is written,
¶ “³⁸THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE,
AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND.”
¶ For this reason ³⁹I have often been prevented from coming to you;
but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I ⁴⁰have had for many years a longing to come to you
whenever I ⁴¹go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be ⁴²helped on my way there by you, when I have first ⁴³enjoyed your company ^[k]for a while—
but now, ⁴⁴I am going to Jerusalem ⁴⁵serving the ^[l]saints.
For ⁴⁶Macedonia and ⁴⁷Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the ^[m]saints in Jerusalem.
Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For ⁴⁸if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.
Therefore, when I have finished this, and ⁴⁹have ^[n]put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will ⁵⁰go on by way of you to Spain.
I know that when ⁵¹I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
¶ Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ⁵²the love of the Spirit, to ⁵³strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
that I may be ⁵⁴rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my ⁵⁵service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the ^[o]⁵⁶saints;
so that ⁵⁷I may come to you in joy by ⁵⁸the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company.
Now ⁵⁹the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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FOOTNOTES

^ Lit for what is good to edification
^ Lit of perseverance
^ Lit mouth
^ One early ms reads you
^ Or confess
^ One early ms reads by God
^ Lit which Christ has not accomplished
^ Lit to the obedience
^ Or attesting miracles
^ Lit fulfilled
^ Lit in part
^ Or holy ones
^ V 25, note 1
^ Lit sealed to them this fruit
^ V 25, note 1

REFERENCES

^ Ro 14:1; Ga 6:2; 1Th 5:14
^ 1Co 9:22; 10:24, 33; 2Co 13:9
^ Ro 14:19; 1Co 10:23; 14:3f, 26; 2Co 12:19; Eph 4:12, 29
^ 2Co 8:9
^ Ps 69:9
^ Ro 4:23f; 2Ti 3:16
^ 2Co 1:3
^ Ro 12:16
^ Re 1:6
^ Ro 14:1
^ Mt 15:24; Ac 3:26
^ Ro 4:16; 2Co 1:20
^ Ro 3:29; 11:30f
^ Mt 9:8
^ 2Sa 22:50; Ps 18:49
^ De 32:43
^ Ps 117:1
^ Is 11:10
^ Re 5:5; 22:16
^ Mt 12:21
^ Ro 14:17
^ Ro 15:19; 1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5
^ Eph 5:9; 2Th 1:11
^ 1Co 1:5; 8:1, 7, 10; 12:8; 13:2
^ Ro 12:3
^ Ac 9:15; Ro 11:13
^ Ro 1:1; 15:19, 20
^ Ro 12:1; Eph 5:2; Pp 2:17
^ Pp 3:3
^ Heb 2:17; 5:1
^ Ac 15:12; 21:19; Ro 1:5; 2Co 3:5
^ Jn 4:48
^ Ro 15:13; 1Co 2:4; 1Th 1:5
^ Ac 22:17-21
^ Ac 20:1f
^ Ro 1:15; 10:15; 15:16
^ 1Co 3:10; 2Co 10:15f
^ Is 52:15
^ Ro 1:13; 1Th 2:18
^ Ac 19:21; Ro 1:10f; 15:29, 32
^ Ro 15:28
^ Ac 15:3
^ Ro 1:12
^ Ac 19:21
^ Ac 24:17
^ Ac 16:9; 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16; 2:13; 7:5; 8:1; 9:2, 4; 11:9; Pp 4:15; 1Th 1:7f; 4:10; 1Ti 1:3
^ Ac 18:12; 19:21
^ 1Co 9:11
^ Jn 3:33
^ Ro 15:24
^ Ac 19:21; Ro 1:10f; 15:23, 32
^ Ga 5:22; Col 1:8
^ 2Co 1:11; Col 4:12
^ 2Co 1:10; 2Th 3:2; 2Ti 3:11; 4:17
^ Ro 15:25f; 2Co 8:4; 9:1
^ Ac 9:13, 15
^ Ro 15:23
^ Ac 18:21; Ro 1:10
^ Ro 16:20; 2Co 13:11; Pp 4:9; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 3:16; Heb 13:20

Epistle to the Romans, Chapter 15

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