Romans:15

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* We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak , and not please ourselves . * Let each one of us please [his ] neighbour in [that which is ] good , unto edification . * For the Christ did not please himself ; but , as it is written , The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me . * For the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we , through patient [endurance ] and through the comfort of the scriptures , might have hope . * Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to Christ Jesus , * that ye may with one accord [and ] one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . * Therefore bear one another , as the Christ also bore us , to the glory of God . * Now I say that Christ Jesus , was [a ] minister of the circumcision , by the truth of God , to confirm the promises [made ] unto the fathers ; * but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy ; as it is written , For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name . * And again he says , Rejoice , ye Gentiles , with his people . * And again , Praise the Lord , all ye Gentiles ; and magnify him , all the peoples . * And again , Isaiah says , There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles ; in him the Gentiles shall wait [for salvation ]. * And believing , the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit . * But I am convinced regarding you , my brethren , that even without my exhortation ye are full of charity , full of all knowledge , so as to be able to admonish one another . * Nevertheless I have written , brethren , in part boldly , as admonishing you by the grace that is given [to ] me of God , * being the minister of Jesus Christ , to the Gentiles , ministering the gospel of God , that the offering of the Gentiles might be well pleasing , sanctified by the Holy Spirit . * Therefore I have something to boast of in Christ Jesus , with regard to God . * For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me , unto the obedience of the Gentiles , with word and with deed , * with power of signs and wonders , in virtue of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum , I have filled the entire [area ] with the gospel of the Christ . * And in this manner I preached this gospel , not where Christ had been named [previously ], not to build upon a foundation belonging to another , * but , as it is written , To whom he was not spoken of , they shall see , and those that have not heard shall understand . * For which reason I have even been hindered many times from coming to you . * But now having more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you , * when I leave for Spain , I will come unto you ; for I trust to see you on my journey and to be taken there by you , if first I may enjoy your company . * But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints . * For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem . * It has pleased them verily , and they are their debtors . For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things , they should also minister unto them in carnal things . * So that , when I have concluded this and have delivered unto them this fruit , I will come by you unto Spain . * For I know that when I come to you , I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of the Christ . * But I beseech you , brethren , by our Lord Jesus Christ , and by the charity of the Spirit , that ye help me with prayers to God for me , * that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judaea and that the offering of my service to the saints in Jerusalem may be accepted , * that I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may be refreshed together with you . * Now the God of peace [be ] with you all . Amen .:

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