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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.” |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples extol him.” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ; |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.” |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23But now, since I no longer have any room for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way of you. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33May the God of peace be with you all. Amen. |
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