Romans 15:1-9 ▼

1 And we ought—we who are strong—to bear the weaknesses of the powerless, and not to please ourselves;

2 for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, for edification,

3 for even the Christ did not please Himself, but according as it has been written: “The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me”;

4 for as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

5 And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

6 that with one accord—with one mouth—you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

7 for this reason receive one another, according as also the Christ received us, to the glory of God.

8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a servant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

9 and the nations for kindness to glorify God, according as it has been written: “Because of this I will confess to You among nations, and to Your Name I will sing praise”;