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43 lines
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# Chapter 15
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1 Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.
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2 Each one of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
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3 For even Christ did not please himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
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4 For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
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5 Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, according to Christ Jesus,
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6 so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one mind and one voice.
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7 Therefore welcome one another, just as Christ also welcomed you, to the glory of God.
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8 For I say that Christ became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
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9 and so that Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
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Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles,
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and I will sing praise to your name.
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10 Again it says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people!
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11 And again,
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Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
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let all the peoples praise him!
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12 And again, Isaiah says,
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The root of Jesse will appear,
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the one who rises to rule the Gentiles;
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the Gentiles will hope in him.
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13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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14 My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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15 Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of the grace given me by God
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16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the gospel of God. God’s purpose is that the Gentiles may be an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
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17 Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.
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18 For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,
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19 by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.
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20 My aim is to preach the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that I will not build on someone else’s foundation,
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21 but, as it is written,
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Those who were not told about him will see,
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and those who have not heard will understand.
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22 That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.
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23 But now I no longer have any work to do in these regions, and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you
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24 whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope to see you when I pass through and to be assisted by you for my journey there, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while.
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25 Right now I am traveling to Jerusalem to serve the saints,
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26 because Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
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27 Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to them in material needs.
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28 So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, I will visit you on the way to Spain.
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29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
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30 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf.
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31 Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
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32 and that, by God’s will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.
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33 May the God of peace be with all of you. Amen. |