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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" /><title>Romans 15 NLT</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="../">NLT</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="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/romans/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Living to Please Others</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For even Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, “The insults of those who insult you, O God, have fallen on me.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He also came so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he wrote: </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“For this, I will praise you among the Gentiles;</p><p class="line2">I will sing praises to your name.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And in another place it is written,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“Rejoice with his people,</p><p class="line2">you Gentiles.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And yet again,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“Praise the LORD, all you Gentiles.</p><p class="line2">Praise him, all you people of the earth.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And in another place Isaiah said, </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The heir to David’s throne<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> will come,</p><p class="line2">and he will rule over the Gentiles.</p><p class="line1">They will place their hope on him.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.</p><p class="hdg">Paul’s Reason for Writing</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Even so, I have been bold enough to write about some of these points, knowing that all you need is this reminder. For by God’s grace, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I am a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you Gentiles. I bring you the Good News so that I might present you as an acceptable offering to God, made holy by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So I have reason to be enthusiastic about all Christ Jesus has done through me in my service to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet I dare not boast about anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the Gentiles to God by my message and by the way I worked among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They were convinced by the power of miraculous signs and wonders and by the power of God’s Spirit.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ from Jerusalem all the way to Illyricum.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I have been following the plan spoken of in the Scriptures, where it says, </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“Those who have never been told about him will see,</p><p class="line2">and those who have never heard of him will understand.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In fact, my visit to you has been delayed so long because I have been preaching in these places.</p><p class="hdg">Paul’s Travel Plans</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But now I have finished my work in these regions, and after all these long years of waiting, I am eager to visit you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can provide for my journey.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But before I come, I must go to Jerusalem to take a gift to the believers<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a> there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For you see, the believers in Macedonia and Achaia<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> have eagerly taken up an offering for the poor among the believers in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They were glad to do this because they feel they owe a real debt to them. Since the Gentiles received the spiritual blessings of the Good News from the believers in Jerusalem, they feel the least they can do in return is to help them financially. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>As soon as I have delivered this money and completed this good deed of theirs, I will come to see you on my way to Spain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And I am sure that when I come, Christ will richly bless our time together.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Pray that I will be rescued from those in Judea who refuse to obey God. Pray also that the believers there will be willing to accept the donation<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">n</span></a> I am taking to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then, by the will of God, I will be able to come to you with a joyful heart, and we will be an encouragement to each other.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And now may God, who gives us his peace, be with you all. Amen.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">o</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">who insult you have fallen on me.</span><span class="ft"> Ps 69:9.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:8 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">servant of circumcision.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:9 </span><span class="ft">Ps 18:49.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:10 </span><span class="ft">Deut 32:43.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:11 </span><span class="ft">Ps 117:1.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:12a </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">The root of Jesse.</span><span class="ft"> David was the son of Jesse.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:12b </span><span class="ft">Isa 11:10 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:14 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">brothers;</span><span class="ft"> also in 15:30.</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:19a </span><span class="ft">Other manuscripts read </span><span class="it">the Spirit;</span><span class="ft"> still others read </span><span class="it">the Holy Spirit.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:19b </span><span class="it">Illyricum</span><span class="ft"> was a region northeast of Italy.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:21 </span><span class="ft">Isa 52:15 (Greek version).</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:25 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">God’s holy people;</span><span class="ft"> also in 15:26, 31.</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:26 </span><span class="it">Macedonia</span><span class="ft"> and </span><span class="it">Achaia</span><span class="ft"> were the northern and southern regions of Greece.</span><br><span class="fn">n</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:31 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">the ministry;</span><span class="ft"> other manuscripts read </span><span class="it">the gift.</span><br><span class="fn">o</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">15:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not include </span><span class="it">Amen.</span><span class="ft"> One very early manuscript places 16:25-27 here.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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