Romans 15 :: New International Version (NIV)

Rom 15:1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Rom 15:2Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.

Rom 15:3For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[fn]

Rom 15:4

Rom 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

Rom 15:5

Rom 15:5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

Rom 15:6

Rom 15:6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom 15:7

Rom 15:7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

Rom 15:8

Rom 15:8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[fn] on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed

Rom 15:9

Rom 15:9and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.”[fn]

Rom 15:10

Rom 15:10Again, it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[fn]

Rom 15:11

Rom 15:11And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”[fn]

Rom 15:12

Rom 15:12And again, Isaiah says, “The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”[fn]

Rom 15:13

Rom 15:13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

Rom 15:14

Rom 15:14I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

Rom 15:15

Rom 15:15Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me

Rom 15:16

Rom 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Rom 15:17

Rom 15:17Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

Rom 15:18

Rom 15:18I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done—

Rom 15:19

Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

Rom 15:20

Rom 15:20It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

Rom 15:21

Rom 15:21Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”[fn]

Rom 15:22

Rom 15:22This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

Rom 15:23

Rom 15:23But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,

Rom 15:24

Rom 15:24I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.

Rom 15:25

Rom 15:25Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there.

Rom 15:26

Rom 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.

Rom 15:27

Rom 15:27They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.

Rom 15:28

Rom 15:28So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way.

Rom 15:29

Rom 15:29I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

Rom 15:30

Rom 15:30I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Rom 15:31

Rom 15:31Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there,

Rom 15:32

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

Rom 15:33

Rom 15:33The God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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NIV Footnotes

Greek circumcision

2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49

Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)

(15:21)

Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)

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