CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 WEY</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</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">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Accept One Another</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As for us who are strong, our duty is to bear with the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not seek our own pleasure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For even the Christ did not seek His own pleasure. His principle was, "The reproaches which they addressed to Thee have fallen on me." <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And may God, the giver of power of endurance and of that encouragement, grant you to be in full sympathy with one another in accordance with the example of Christ Jesus, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>so that with oneness both of heart and voice 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>Habitually therefore give one another a friendly reception, just as Christ also has received you, and thus promote 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>My meaning is that Christ has become a servant to the people of Israel in vindication of God's truthfulness— in showing how sure are the promises made to our forefathers—</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and that the Gentiles also have glorified God in acknowledgment of His mercy. So it is written, "For this reason I will praise Thee among the Gentiles, and sing psalms in honour of Thy name."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And again the Psalmist says, "Be glad, ye Gentiles, in company 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 ye Gentiles, and let all the people extol Him."</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 the Root of Jesse and One who rises up to rule the Gentiles. On Him shall the Gentiles build their hopes."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>May God, the giver of hope, fill you with continual joy and peace because you trust in Him—so that you may have abundant hope through 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>But as to you, brethren, I am convinced— yes, I Paul am convinced—that, even apart from my teaching, you are already full of goodness of heart, and enriched with complete Christian knowledge, and are also competent to instruct one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But I write to you the more boldly—partly as reminding you of what you already know—because of the authority graciously entrusted to me by God, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, doing priestly duties in connexion with God's Good News so that the sacrifice—namely the Gentiles—may be acceptable to Him, being (as it is) <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I can therefore glory in Christ Jesus concerning the work for God in which I am engaged. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I will not presume to mention any of the results that Christ has brought about by other agency than mine in securing the obedience of the Gentiles by word or deed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>with power manifested in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. But—to speak simply of my own labours—beginning in Jerusalem and the outlying districts, I have proclaimed without reserve, even as far as Illyricum, the Good News of the Christ; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>making it my ambition, however, not to tell the Good News where Christ's name was already known, for fear I should be building on another man's foundation.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But, as Scripture says, "Those shall see, to whom no report about Him has hitherto come, and those who until now have not heard shall understand."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And it is really this which has again and again prevented my 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, as there is no more unoccupied ground in this part of the world, and I have for years past been eager to pay you a visit, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I hope, as soon as ever I extend my travels into Spain, to see you on my way and be helped forward by you on my journey, when I have first enjoyed being with you for a time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But at present I am going to Jerusalem to serve God's people, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>for Macedonia and Greece have kindly contributed a certain sum in relief of the poor among God's people, in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Yes, they have kindly done this, and, in fact, it was a debt they owed them. For seeing that the Gentiles have been admitted in to partnership with the Jews in their spiritual blessings, they in turn are under an obligation to render sacred service to the Jews in temporal things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there; <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But I entreat you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love which His Spirit inspires, to help me by wrestling in prayer to God on my behalf, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>asking that I may escape unhurt from those in Judaea who are disobedient, and that the service which I am going to Jerusalem to render may be well received by the Church there, <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>in order that if God be willing I may come to you with a glad heart, and may enjoy a time of rest with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/romans/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>May God, who gives peace be with you all! Amen.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../romans/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Romans 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Romans 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../romans/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Romans 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Romans 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/romans/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>