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But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>that with one accord you may with one mouth 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 accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God.</p> <p class="hdg">Christ the Servant of Jews and Gentiles</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, 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. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Again he says, "Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Again, "Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will hope."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul the Minister to the Gentiles</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But I write the more boldly to you in part, as 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>that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God's Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, 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, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">Paul's Plan to Visit Spain and Rome<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_corinthians/16.htm#5">1 Corinthians 16:5-9</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the Good News of Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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