Romans 15:1-9 ▼

1 And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

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

3 for even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, 'The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon 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 -- ye may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;

7 wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant 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 hath been written, 'Because of this I will confess to Thee among nations, and to Thy name I will sing praise,'