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Today's Bible Reading :: Romans 14 - 16 (ESV)

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Romans 14

Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 - One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:3 - Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:4 - Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[fn] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:5 - One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:6 - The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:7 - For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:8 - For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:9 - For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:10 - Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:11 - for it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess[fn] to God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:12 - So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Do Not Cause Another to Stumble

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:13 - Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:14 - I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:15 - For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:16 - So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:18 - Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:19 - So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:20 - Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:21 - It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:22 - The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:23 - But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[fn]
ESV Footnotes
Or lord
Or shall give praise
Some manuscripts add or be hindered or be weakened
Some manuscripts insert here 16:25–27

Romans 15

The Example of Christ

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:2 - Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:3 - For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:4 - For 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:5 - May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:6 - that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:7 - Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - For 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:9 - and 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:10 - And again it says,
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:11 - And again,
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples extol him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:12 - And again Isaiah says,
“The root of Jesse will come,
even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
in him will the Gentiles hope.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:13 - May 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.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:14 - I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers,[fn] that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:15 - But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:16 - to 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:17 - In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:18 - For 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:19 - by 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:20 - and 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:21 - but as it is written,
“Those who have never been told of him will see,
and those who have never heard will understand.”

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:22 - This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:23 - But 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:24 - I 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:25 - At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:27 - For 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:28 - When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected,[fn] I will leave for Spain by way of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing[fn] of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:30 - I 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:31 - that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:33 - May the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
ESV Footnotes
Or brothers and sisters; also verse 30
Greek sealed to them this fruit
Some manuscripts insert of the gospel

Romans 16

Personal Greetings

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant[fn] of the church at Cenchreae,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:2 - that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:3 - Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:4 - who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:5 - Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert[fn] to Christ in Asia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:7 - Greet Andronicus and Junia,[fn] my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,[fn] and they were in Christ before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:8 - Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:9 - Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:10 - Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:11 - Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13 - Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:14 - Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers[fn] who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:16 - Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

Final Instructions and Greetings

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:17 - I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites,[fn] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:19 - For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:20 - The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:21 - Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:22 - I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:23 - Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.[fn]

Doxology

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:25 - Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:26 - but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:27 - to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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ESV Footnotes
Or deaconess
Greek firstfruit
Or Junias
Or messengers
Or brothers and sisters; also verse 17
Greek their own belly
Some manuscripts insert verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen
BLB Footnotes
Some Greek manuscripts exclude this verse. The ESV related footnote for 16:23 states:
Some manuscripts insert verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.  
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