Romans 15

Self-denial on Behalf of Others

15WE WHO are strong [in our convictions and of robust faith] ought to bear with the failings {and} the frailties {and} the tender scruples of the weak; [we ought to help carry the doubts and qualms of others] and not to please ourselves.G2249G1161G1415G3784G941G771G102G2532G3361G700G14382Let each one of us make it a practice to please (make happy) his neighbor for his good {and} for his true welfare, to edify him [to strengthen him and build him up spiritually].G1063G700G1538G2257G700G4139G1519G18G4314G36193For Christ did not please Himself [gave no thought to His own interests]; but, as it is written, The reproaches {and} abuses of those who reproached {and} abused you fell on Me.G1063G2532G5547G700G3756G1438G235G2531G1125G3680G3679G4571G1968G1909G16914For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to {and} cherish hope.G1063G3745G4270G4270G1519G2251G1319G2443G2192G1223G5281G2532G3874G1124G2192G16805Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony {and} such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,G1161G2316G5281G2532G3874G1325G5213G846G5426G240G1722G240G2596G5547G24246That together you may [unanimously] with united hearts {and} one voice, praise and glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).G2443G1392G3661G1722G1520G4750G1392G2316G2532G3962G2257G2962G2424G55477Welcome {and} receive [to your hearts] one another, then, even as Christ has welcomed {and} received you, for the glory of God.G1352G4355G240G2531G2532G5547G2531G4355G2248G1519G1391G23168For I tell you that Christ (the Messiah) became a servant {and} a minister to the circumcised (the Jews) in order to show God's truthfulness {and} honesty by confirming (verifying) the promises [given] to our fathers,G1161G3004G2424G5547G1096G1249G4061G5228G225G2316G1519G950G1860G39629And [also in order] that the Gentiles (nations) might glorify God for His mercy [not covenanted] to them. As it is written, Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles and sing praises to Your name.G1161G1484G1392G2316G5228G1656G2531G1125G1223G5124G1223G1843G4671G1722G1484G2532G5567G4675G368610Again it is said, Rejoice (exult), O Gentiles, along with His [own] people;G2532G3825G3004G2165G1484G3326G846G299211And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him!G2532G3825G134G2962G3956G134G1484G2532G1867G846G3956G299212And further Isaiah says, There shall be a Sprout from the Root of Jesse, He Who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles hope.G2532G3825G2268G3004G2071G4491G2421G2532G450G757G1484G1909G846G1679G1484G167913May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound {and} be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.G1161G2316G1680G4137G5209G3956G5479G2532G1515G1722G4100G1519G5209G4052G1722G1680G1722G1411G40G415114Personally I am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are rich in goodness, amply filled with all [spiritual] knowledge and competent to admonish {and} counsel {and} instruct one another also.G1161G1473G846G2532G3982G4012G5216G3450G80G3754G846G2532G2075G3324G19G4137G3956G1108G1410G2532G3560G24015Still on some points I have written to you the more boldly {and} unreservedly by way of reminder. [I have done so] because of the grace (the unmerited favor) bestowed on me by GodG1161G80G1125G5112G5213G575G3313G5613G1878G5209G1878G1223G5485G1325G3427G5259G231616In making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I act in the priestly service of the Gospel (the good news) of God, in order that the sacrificial offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable [to God], consecrated {and} made holy by the Holy Spirit.G3165G1519G1511G3011G2424G5547G1519G1484G2418G2098G2316G2443G4376G1484G1096G2144G37G1722G40G415117In Christ Jesus, then, I have legitimate reason to glory (exult) in my work for God [in what through Christ Jesus I have accomplished concerning the things of God].G2192G3767G2746G1722G2424G5547G4314G231618For [of course] I will not venture (presume) to speak thus of any work except what Christ has actually done through me [as an instrument in His hands] to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,G1063G5111G3756G5111G2980G5100G3739G5547G2716G3756G2716G1223G1700G1519G1484G5218G3056G2532G204119[Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel [faithfully executing, accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news] of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety.G1722G1411G4592G2532G5059G1722G1411G4151G2316G5620G575G2419G2532G2945G3360G2437G3165G4137G2098G554720Thus my ambition has been to preach the Gospel, not where Christ's name has already been known, lest I build on another man's foundation;G1161G3779G5389G2097G3756G3699G5547G3687G3363G3618G1909G245G231021But [instead I would act on the principle] as it is written, They shall see who have never been told of Him, and they shall understand who have never heard [of Him].G235G2531G1125G3739G846G312G3756G312G4012G3700G2532G3739G191G3756G191G492022This [ambition] is the reason why I have so frequently been hindered from coming to visit you.G1352G2532G1465G4183G1465G2064G4314G520923But now since I have no further opportunity for work in these regions, and since I have longed for enough years to come to you,G1161G3570G2192G3371G5117G1722G575G5125G2824G1161G2192G1974G4183G2094G2064G4314G520924I hope to see you in passing [through Rome] as I go [on my intended trip] to Spain, and to be aided on my journey there by you, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.G5613G1437G4198G1519G4681G2064G4314G5209G1063G1679G2300G5209G1279G2532G4311G1563G5259G5216G1437G4412G1705G3313G1705G575G521625For the present, however, I am going to Jerusalem to bring aid (relief) for the saints (God's people there).G1161G3570G4198G1519G2419G1247G4026For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the saints of Jerusalem.G1063G2106G3109G2532G882G4160G5100G2842G1519G4434G40G3588G1722G241927They were pleased to do it; and surely they are in debt to them, for if these Gentiles have come to share in their [the Jerusalem Jews'] spiritual blessings, then they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.G2106G1063G2532G846G3781G1526G1063G1487G1484G2841G846G4152G3784G2532G3008G846G1722G455928When therefore I have completed this mission and have delivered to them [at Jerusalem] what has been raised, I shall go on by way of you to Spain.G3767G2005G5124G2532G4972G846G5126G2590G565G1223G5216G1519G468129And I know that when I do come to you, I shall come in the abundant blessing {of the Gospel} of Christ.G1161G1492G3754G2064G4314G5209G2064G1722G4138G2129G2098G554730I appeal to you [I entreat you], brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love [given by] the Spirit, to unite with me in earnest wrestling in prayer to God in my behalf.G1161G3870G5209G80G1223G2962G2424G5547G2257G2532G1223G26G4151G4865G3427G1722G4335G4314G2316G5228G170031[Pray] that I may be delivered (rescued) from the unbelievers in Judea and that my mission of relief to Jerusalem may be acceptable {and} graciously received by the saints (God's people there),G2443G4506G575G544G1722G2449G2532G2443G3450G1248G3588G1519G2419G1096G2144G4032So that by God's will I may subsequently come to you with joy (with a happy heart) and be refreshed [by the interval of rest] in your company.G2443G2064G4314G5209G1722G5479G1223G2307G2316G2532G4875G5213G487533May [our] peace-giving God be with you all! Amen (so be it).G1161G2316G1515G3326G5216G3956G281