Romans 15:1-21 ▼

1 We whiche are stronge, ought to beare ye fraylnes of the weake, & not to stande in our owne conceiptes.

2 Let euery man please his neygbour, in that that is good to edifiyng.

3 For Christe pleased not him selfe. But as it is written: The rebukes of them which rebuked thee, fell on me.

4 For whatsoeuer thynges haue ben written afore time, were written for our learnyng, that we through pacience and comfort of ye scriptures might haue hope.

5 The God of pacience and consolation, graunt you to be lyke mynded one towardes another, after the ensample of Christe Iesu:

6 That ye all agreeyng together, may with one mouth prayse God, and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe.

7 Wherfore, receaue ye one another, as Christe receaued vs, to ye prayse of God.

8 And I say, that Iesus Christe was a minister of the circumcisio for the trueth of God, to confirme the promise made vnto the fathers:

9 And that the gentiles myght prayse God for his mercie, as it is written: For this cause I wyll praise thee among the gentiles, and syng vnto thy name.

10 And againe he saith: Reioyce ye gentiles with his people.

11 And againe: praise the Lord al ye gentiles, & laude him al ye people together.

12 And againe Esaias saith: There shalbe the roote of Iesse, and he that shall rise to raigne ouer the gentiles, in hym shall the gentiles trust.

13 The God of hope, fyll you with al ioy and peace in beleuyng, that ye may be riche in hope, through the power of the holy ghost.

14 I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethre, that ye also are full of goodnes, and fylled with all knowledge, able also to exhort one another.

15 Neuerthelesse brethren, I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you, to put you in remembraunce, through the grace that is geuen me of God,

16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe, to the gentiles, and shoulde minister the Gospell of God, that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable, and sanctified by the holy ghost.

17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.

18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede,

19 In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe.

20 So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell, not where Christe was named, lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation.

21 But as it is written: To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that hearde not, shall vnderstande.