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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 New American Bible</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="/bmcc/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/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</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 American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch52015" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn52015" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Patience and Self-Denial.</span> <span id="v52015001" class="ver">1</span>We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves;<a id="ren52015001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015001-a">a</a> <span id="v52015002" class="ver">2</span>let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up.<a id="ren52015002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015002-b">b</a> <span id="v52015003" class="ver">3</span>For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written,<a id="ren52015003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015003-c">c</a> “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”<a id="rfn52015003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015003-1">*</a> <span id="v52015004" class="ver">4</span>For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.<a id="ren52015004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015004-d">d</a> <span id="v52015005" class="ver">5</span>May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony<a id="rfn52015005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015005-1">*</a> with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,<a id="ren52015005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015005-e">e</a> <span id="v52015006" class="ver">6</span>that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">God’s Fidelity and Mercy.<a id="rfn52015007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015007-1">*</a></span> <span id="v52015007" class="ver">7</span>Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God.<a id="ren52015007-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015007-f">f</a> <span id="v52015008" class="ver">8</span>For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs,<a id="ren52015008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015008-g">g</a> <span id="v52015009" class="ver">9</span>but so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles</p> <p class="sl1l">and sing praises to your name.”<a id="ren52015009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015009-h">h</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v52015010" class="ver">10</span>And again it says:<a id="ren52015010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015010-i">i</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sls">“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”<a id="rfn52015010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015010-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v52015011" class="ver">11</span>And again:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,</p> <p class="sl1l">and let all the peoples praise him.”<a id="ren52015011-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015011-j">j</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v52015012" class="ver">12</span>And again Isaiah says:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“The root of Jesse shall come,</p> <p class="sl1">raised up to rule the Gentiles;</p> <p class="sll">in him shall the Gentiles hope.”<a id="ren52015012-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015012-k">k</a></p> </div> <p class="pcon"><span id="v52015013" class="ver">13</span>May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit.<a id="ren52015013-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015013-l">l</a></p> <h1 class="bksect">VII. <span class="ac">Conclusion</span></h1> <p class="paft"><span class="hemb">Apostle to the Gentiles.</span> <span id="v52015014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn52015014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015014-1">*</a> I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,<a id="rfn52015014-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015014-2">*</a> filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. <span id="v52015015" class="ver">15</span>But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you, because of the grace given me by God<a id="ren52015015-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015015-m">m</a> <span id="v52015016" class="ver">16</span>to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.<a id="ren52015016-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015016-n">n</a> <span id="v52015017" class="ver">17</span>In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast in what pertains to God. <span id="v52015018" class="ver">18</span>For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to lead the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,<a id="ren52015018-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015018-o">o</a> <span id="v52015019" class="ver">19</span>by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit [of God], so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum<a id="rfn52015019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015019-1">*</a> I have finished preaching the gospel of Christ. <span id="v52015020" class="ver">20</span>Thus I aspire<a id="rfn52015020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015020-1">*</a> to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another’s foundation,<a id="ren52015020-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015020-p">p</a> <span id="v52015021" class="ver">21</span>but as it is written:<a id="ren52015021-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015021-q">q</a></p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“Those who have never been told of him shall see,</p> <p class="sl1">and those who have never heard of him shall understand.”<a id="rfn52015021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015021-1">*</a></p> </div> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Paul’s Plans; Need for Prayers.</span> <span id="v52015022" class="ver">22</span>That is why I have so often been prevented from coming to you. <span id="v52015023" class="ver">23</span>But now, since I no longer have any opportunity in these regions and since I have desired to come to you for many years,<a id="ren52015023-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015023-r">r</a> <span id="v52015024" class="ver">24</span>I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain and to be sent on my way there by you, after I have enjoyed being with you for a time.<a id="ren52015024-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015024-s">s</a> <span id="v52015025" class="ver">25</span><a id="rfn52015025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015025-1">*</a> Now, however, I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones.<a id="ren52015025-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015025-t">t</a> <span id="v52015026" class="ver">26</span>For Macedonia and Achaia<a id="rfn52015026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn52015026-1">*</a> have decided to make some contribution for the poor among the holy ones in Jerusalem;<a id="ren52015026-u" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015026-u">u</a> <span id="v52015027" class="ver">27</span>they decided to do it, and in fact they are indebted to them, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to serve them in material blessings.<a id="ren52015027-v" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015027-v">v</a> <span id="v52015028" class="ver">28</span>So when I have completed this and safely handed over this contribution to them, I shall set out by way of you to Spain; <span id="v52015029" class="ver">29</span>and I know that in coming to you I shall come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.</p> <p><span id="v52015030" class="ver">30</span>I urge you, [brothers,] by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in the struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,<a id="ren52015030-w" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en52015030-w">w</a> <span id="v52015031" class="ver">31</span>that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judea, and that my ministry for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the holy ones, <span id="v52015032" class="ver">32</span>so that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and be refreshed together with you. <span id="v52015033" class="ver">33</span>The God of peace be with all of you. 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