The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Romans 15
1 Now we who are strong ought to bear
the weaknesses of the weak, and not to
please ourselves.
2 Let each one of us please his neighbor
for that which is good, to be building
him up.
3 For even Christ didn’t please himself.
But, as it is written, “The reproaches of
those who reproached you fell on me.”*
4 For whatever things were written before
were written for our learning, that
through perseverance and through
encouragement of the Scriptures
we might have hope.
5 Now the God of perseverance and of
encouragement grant youtobe ofthe same
mind with one another according to Christ
Jesus,
6 that with one accord you may with one
mouth glorify the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Therefore accept one another, even as
Christ also accepted you,† to the
glory of God.
8 Now I say that Christ has been made a
servant of the circumcision for the truth of
God, that he might confirm the promises
given to the fathers,
9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God
for his mercy. As it is written,
“Therefore I will give praise to you among
the Gentiles and sing to your name.”*
10 Again he says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles,
with his people.”*
11 Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Let all the peoples praise him.”*
12 Again, Isaiah says,
“There will be the root of Jesse,
he who arises to rule over the Gentiles;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”*
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, that you may
abound in hope in the power of the
Holy Spirit.
14 I myself am also persuaded about you,
my brothers,‡ that you yourselves are full
of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able
also to admonish others.
15 But I write the more boldly to you
in part as reminding you, because of the
grace that was given to me by God,
16 that I should be a servant of Christ
Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of
the Good News of God, that the offering up
of the Gentiles might be made acceptable,
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ
Jesus in things pertaining to God.
18 For I will not dare to speak of any
things except those which Christ worked
through me for the obedience of the
Gentiles, by word and deed,
19 in the power of signs and wonders,
in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from
Jerusalem and around as far as to
Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good
News of Christ;
20 yes, making it my aim to preach the
Good News, not where Christ was already
named, that I might not build on another’s
foundation.
21 But, as it is written,
“They will see, to whom no news of him
came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”*
22 Therefore also I was hindered these
many times from coming to you,
23 but now, no longer having any place
in these regions, and having these many
years a longing to come to you,
24 whenever I travel to Spain, I will come
to you. For I hope to see you on my journey,
and to be helped on my way there by you, if
firstI may enjoy your company for a while.
25 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem,
serving the saints.
26 For it has been the good pleasure of
Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor among the saints
who are at Jerusalem.
27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure,
and they are their debtors. For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of their
spiritual things, they owe it to them also to
serve them in material things.
28 When therefore I have accomplished
this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I
will go on by way of you to Spain.
29 I know that when I come to you, I will
come in the fullness of the blessing of the
Good News of Christ.
30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord
Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,
that you strive together with me in your
prayers to God for me,
31 that I may be delivered from those
who are disobedient in Judea, and that my
service which I have for Jerusalem may be
acceptable to the saints,
32 that I may come to you in joy through
the will of God, and together with you, find
rest.
33 Now the God of peace be with
you all. Amen.