| 15:1 | But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.* |
| 15:2 | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. |
| 15:3 | For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”* |
| 15:4 | For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. |
| 15:5 | Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another* in accordance with Christ Jesus, |
| 15:6 | so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 15:7 | Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God’s glory. |
| 15:8 | For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised* on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,* |
| 15:9 | and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy.* As it is written, “Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name.”* |
| 15:10 | And again it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”* |
| 15:11 | And again, “Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him.”* |
| 15:12 | And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”* |
| 15:13 | Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him,* so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:14 | But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,* that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. |
| 15:15 | But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God |
| 15:16 | to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve* the gospel of God* like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering,* sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
| 15:17 | So I boast* in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. |
| 15:18 | For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience* of the Gentiles, by word and deed, |
| 15:19 | in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. |
| 15:20 | And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation, |
| 15:21 | but as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”* |
| 15:22 | This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you. |
| 15:23 | But now there is nothing more to keep me* in these regions, and I have for many years desired* to come to you |
| 15:24 | when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me* on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. |
| 15:25 | But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. |
| 15:26 | For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. |
| 15:27 | For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints.* For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. |
| 15:28 | Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them,* I will set out for Spain by way of you, |
| 15:29 | and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing. |
| 15:30 | Now I urge you, brothers and sisters,* through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. |
| 15:31 | Pray* that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, |
| 15:32 | so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. |
| 15:33 | Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.* |
Romans 15 - NET Bible [draft]
