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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Romans 15 AFV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/romans/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/romans/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AFV</a> > Romans 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../romans/14.htm" title="Romans 14">◄</a> Romans 15 <a href="../romans/16.htm" title="Romans 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">A Faithful Version</td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now we who are strong in the faith are obligated to support the ones who are weak, and not to please ourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Accordingly, let each one of us please his neighbor for good, unto edification; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For even Christ did not please Himself; rather, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who are reproaching You have fallen upon Me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For all the things that were written before were written for our instruction, so that through patient endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now may the God of patience and encouragement grant you to be likeminded toward one another according to Christ Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So that with one accord and one mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, receive one another, according as Christ has also received us, to the glory of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now I tell you that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, so that He might confirm the promises given to the fathers;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, exactly as it is written: "For this cause I will confess You among the Gentiles, and I will praise Your name."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And again it says, "Rejoice, all you Gentiles, with His people";</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and praise Him, all you peoples."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And again, Isaiah says, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and He that arises shall rule the Gentiles: in Him shall all the Gentiles hope."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>May the God of hope fill you now with all joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope and in the power of the Holy Spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I myself am also persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that you are full of goodness, and are being filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So then, I have more boldly written to you, brethren, in part as a way of reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In order that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ unto the Gentiles to perform the holy service of teaching the gospel of God; so that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, I have cause for boasting in Christ Jesus as to the things pertaining to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I will not presume to speak about anything that Christ has not worked out by me for the obedience of the Gentiles, through word and work, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Through the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that in a circuit from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And indeed, I have aspired to preach the gospel of Christ where the name of Christ was not known, so that I might not build on another's foundation;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But even as it is written: "Those to whom He had not been proclaimed shall see; and those who had not heard shall understand";</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For this reason also, I have been hindered many times from coming to you.</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But now, there being no place in these regions that has not heard the gospel, and having a great desire to come to you for many years, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Whenever I may go to Spain, I will come to you because I hope to see you while passing through Rome, and from there to be sent forward by you after I have enjoyed your company for a while. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Because those in Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now, they took pleasure in doing this, and their debtors they are because if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they ought in turn to minister to them even in physical things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Therefore, when I have finished this task, and have safely delivered into their hands the fruit that was collected, I will set off toward Spain and will come to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I know that, when I do come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now I exhort you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>In order that I may be delivered from those in Judea who are unbelievers, and that my service in bringing this fruit to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So that I may come to you in joy by the will of God, and that I may be refreshed with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now the God of peace be with you all. 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