1 | We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves. |
2 | Let
every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. |
3 | For even Christ pleased not himself;
but, as it is written,
The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on
me.
Psa 69:9
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4 | For whatsoever
things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. |
5 | Now the God of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: |
6 | That ye may with one mind
and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
7 | Wherefore receive ye one
another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. |
8 | Now I say that Jesus Christ was a
minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made
unto the fathers: |
9 | And
that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written,
For this
cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Psa 18:49
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10 | And again he saith,
Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
Deut 32:43
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11 | And again,
Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud
him, all ye people.
Psa 117:1
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12 |
And again, Esaias saith,
There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise
to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Isa 11:10
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13 | Now the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of
the Holy Ghost. |
14 | And I
myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of
goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. |
15 | Nevertheless, brethren, I
have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind,
because of the grace that is given to me of God, |
16 | That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles
might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. |
17 | I have therefore whereof I may glory
through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. |
18 | For I will not dare to speak of any of
those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles
obedient, by word and deed, |
19
| Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;
so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ. |
20 |
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I
should build upon another man's foundation: |
21 | But as it is written,
To whom he was not spoken of,
they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
Isa 52:15
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22 | For which cause also I have been much
hindered from coming to you. |
23
| But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire
these many years to come unto you; |
24 | Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for
I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by
you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. |
25 | But now I go unto Jerusalem to
minister unto the saints. |
26 |
For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. |
27 | It hath pleased them verily; and their
debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their
spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal
things. |
28 | When
therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will
come by you into Spain. |
29 |
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of
the blessing of the gospel of Christ. |
30 | Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me
in your prayers to God for me; |
31
| That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and
that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; |
32 | That I may come unto you
with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. |
33 | Now the God of peace be with you all.
Amen. |