Romans 15:1-18 in English

¹ Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying.

³ For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

⁴ For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶ that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.

¹² And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

¹ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

³ For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

⁴ For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶ That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

⁹ And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

¹² And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

¹ Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good, unto edifying.

³ For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

⁴ For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶ that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, even as Christ also received you, to the glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, Therefore will I give praise unto thee among the Gentiles, And sing unto thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise him.

¹² And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that ariseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ But I write the more boldly unto you in some measure, as putting you again in remembrance, because of the grace that was given me of God,

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus unto the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any things save those which Christ wrought through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

¹ Most of us are sure that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we should be patient with those who are uncertain about such things, and we should not let them irritate us. We should not simply please ourselves.

² Each of us should do the things that please the fellow believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will benefit them. We should do those things in order to help them mature spiritually.

³ We should please our fellow believers, since Christ has set us an example. He did not do things to please himself. On the contrary, he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was as it is written {as ◄ someone/the Psalmist► wrote} in Scripture that the Messiah said to God: “When people insulted you (sg), it was as though they were also insulting me.”

⁴ And you need to remember that what was written previously {what God's servants previously wrote} in the Scriptures, was written { they wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by reading/believing what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect God to do for us all he has promised.

⁵ God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ◄ Ask/Pray to► him that he would enable you all to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus did.

⁶ Then, as you are united in what you think and say MTY, you will praise God, who is the heavenly father MET of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ So I say to all of you believers at Rome, accept each other. If you do that, people will praise God as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other just like Christ accepted you!

⁸ I want you to remember that Christ helped us Jews MTY by what he did, in order to show that God ◄is faithful/does what he says he will do►. That is, his coming as our Messiah fulfilled what God promised to our Jewish ancestors.

⁹ And by acting mercifully to them, he also caused non-Jews to praise him. What he has done for non-Jews fulfills what is written in the Scriptures that David said to God: “So I will praise you (sg) when I am among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you MTY.”

¹⁰ David also wrote, “ You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God's people.”

¹¹ And Moses wrote in the Scriptures, “Praise the Lord, all you non-Jews, and may everyone praise him DOU.”

¹² And Isaiah wrote in the Scriptures, “There will be a descendant MET of King David who will begin to rule the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him to fulfill what he has promised.”

¹³ God is the one who causes you to confidently expect him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust in him. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect to receive what God has promised you.

¹⁴ My fellow believers, I myself am completely sure that you yourselves have acted toward others in a completely good way. You have done that because you have known completely all that God wants you to know HYP, and because you are able to teach each other.

¹⁵ However, I have written to you quite frankly in this letter about some things in order to remind you about those things. I have written this letter because I have been appointed by God {God has appointed me}, which I did not deserve,

¹⁶ in order that I would work for Jesus Christ among non-Jews. God has appointed me to act like a priest as I proclaim his good message in order that he will accept the non-Jews who believe in Christ. They will be like an offering MET to God as a result of their being dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit dedicating them to God}.

¹⁷ It follows that, because of my relationship with (OR, because I belong to) Christ Jesus, I am happy about my work for God.

¹⁸ I will speak boldly only LIT about the work that Christ has enabled me to do. I do that work in order that non-Jews might pay attention to the message about Christ as a result of what I have said and done,

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 you to be of the 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,

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 you to be of the 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,

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 neighbour 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 you to be of the 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 amongst 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,

¹ We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

² Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

³ For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.

⁴ Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

⁵ Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

⁶ So that with one mouth you may give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ So then, take one another to your hearts, as Christ took us, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

⁹ And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

¹⁰ And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.

¹¹ And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

¹² And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

¹³ Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

¹⁵ But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,

¹⁶ To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

¹⁸ And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,

¹ But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each one of us please his neighbour with a view to what is good, to edification.

³ For the Christ also did not please himself; but according as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.

⁴ For as many things as have been written before have been written for our instruction, that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶ that ye may with one accord, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, according as the Christ also has received you to the glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Jesus Christ became a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of the fathers;

⁹ and that the nations should glorify God for mercy; according as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the nations, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

¹² And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye should abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ But I have written to you the more boldly, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace given to me by God,

¹⁶ for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ I have therefore whereof to boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of the things which Christ has not wrought by me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and deed,

¹ Now we that are stronger, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let every one of you please his neighbour unto good, to edification.

³ For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell upon me.

⁴ For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

⁶ That with one mind, and with one mouth, you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also hath received you unto the honour of God.

⁸ For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.

⁹ But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and magnify him, all ye people.

¹² And again Isaias saith: There shall be a root of Jesse; and he that shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing; that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And I myself also, my brethren, am assured of you, that you also are full of love, replenished with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.

¹⁵ But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in some sort, as it were putting you in mind: because of the grace which is given me from God.

¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles; sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ I have therefore glory in Christ Jesus towards God.

¹⁸ For I dare not to speak of any of those things which Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

¹ We then who are strong are obligated to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

³ For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me.”

⁴ For as many things as were previously written, were written for our own instruction, that through the patience and encouragement of the Scriptures we may have hope.

⁵ Now may the God of patience and encouragement grant you to be like-minded among one another, according to Christ Jesus,

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

⁷ Therefore receive one another, just as also Christ received you, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God on behalf of His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to Your name.”

¹⁰ And again he says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

¹¹ And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Praise Him, all you peoples!”

¹² And again, Isaiah says: “There shall be the root of Jesse; and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ And I write more boldly to you brothers, in part, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God as a priest, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ Therefore I have something to boast of in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ did not work out through me, in word and deed, for the obedience of the Gentiles—

¹ Now we who are strong ought to bear with the limitations of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each of us please the neighbor with a view to what is good for edifying.

³ Because even the Christ did not please Himself; rather, as it is written: “The revilings of those reviling you fell on me.”

⁴ Whatever things were written before were so written for our instruction, so that through the fortitude and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

⁵ Now may the God of that fortitude and that encouragement grant you to be of the same mind among yourselves according to Christ Jesus,

⁶ so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one heart and voice.

⁷ Therefore accept one another, just as the Christ also accepted us, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Christ Jesus has become a minister to the circumcised on behalf of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises to the fathers;

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: “For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, O Lord, and will sing psalms to your name.”

¹⁰ And again He says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

¹¹ And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and laud Him, all you peoples!”

¹² And again, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, even He who rises up to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will place their hope on Him.”

¹³ Now may the God of the hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in that hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ Now I myself am really confident about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

¹⁵ Nevertheless I have written to you quite boldly on some points, brothers, as a reminder to you, because of the grace given to me by God,

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the nations, serving the Gospel of God as a priest so that the Gentiles might become an acceptable offering, sanctified by Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ So in Christ Jesus I do have a boast in things pertaining to God;

¹⁸ because I do not presume to speak of anything except those things that Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient—by word and deed,

¹ Those of us who are spiritually strong ought to support those who are spiritually weak. We shouldn't just please ourselves.

² We should all encourage others to do what's morally right, building them up.

³ Christ didn't live to please himself, but as Scripture says of him, “The insults of those who abused you have fallen on me.”

⁴ These Scriptures were written down in the past to help us understand, and to encourage us so that we could wait patiently in hope.

⁵ May the God who gives patience and encouragement help you to be in full agreement among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

⁶ so that you can with one mind and with one voice together glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

⁷ So accept one another, just as Christ accepted you, and give God the glory.

⁸ I maintain that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show God tells the truth, keeping the promises he made to their forefathers.

⁹ He also came that foreigners could praise God for his mercy, as Scripture says, “Therefore I will praise you among the foreigners; I will sing praises to your name.”

¹⁰ And also: “Foreigners, celebrate with his people!”

¹¹ And again: “All you foreigners, praise the Lord, let all peoples praise him.”

¹² And again, Isaiah says, “Jesse's descendant will come to rule the nations, and foreigners will put their hope in him.”

¹³ May the God of hope completely fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you will overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit!

¹⁴ I'm convinced that you, my brothers and sisters, are full of goodness, and that you are filled with every kind of knowledge, so you are well able to teach one another.

¹⁵ I've been blunt in the way I have written to you about some of these things, but this is just to remind you. For God gave me grace

¹⁶ to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the foreigners, like a priest sharing God's good news, so that they could become an acceptable offering, made holy by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ So even though I have something to boast about because of my service for God,

¹⁸ (I wouldn't dare talk about any of this except as Christ has done it through me), I have led foreigners to obedience through my teaching and demonstration,

¹ We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, and not to please our selues.

² Therefore let euery man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification.

³ For Christ also would not please himselfe, but as it is written, The rebukes of them which rebuke thee, fell on me.

⁴ For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation giue you that ye be like minded one towards another, according to Christ Iesus,

⁶ That ye with one minde, and with one mouth may prayse God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receiue ye one another, as Christ also receiued vs to the glory of God.

⁸ Nowe I say, that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the trueth of God, to confirme the promises made vnto the fathers.

⁹ And let the Gentiles prayse God, for his mercie, as it is written, For this cause I wil confesse thee among the Gentiles, and sing vnto thy Name.

¹⁰ And againe he saith, Reioyce, ye Gentiles with his people.

¹¹ And againe, Prayse the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laude ye him, all people together.

¹² And againe Esaias sayth, There shall be a roote of Iesse, and hee that shall rise to reigne ouer the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³ Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And I my selfe also am perswaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodnes, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.

¹⁵ Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,

¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Iesus Christ toward the Gentiles, ministring the Gospel of God, that the offering vp of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the holy Ghost.

¹⁷ I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

¹⁸ For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,

¹ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

³ For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

⁴ For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶ that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

⁹ and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

¹² And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

¹⁶ that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

¹ We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let each one of us please his neighbor, to promote what is good, for edification.

³ For Christ did not seek his own pleasure, but, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me.”

⁴ For whatever things were written aforetime, were written for our instruction; that we through the patience and the consolation of the Scriptures might have hope.

⁵ And may the God of patience and consolation grant that ye may be of the same mind one with another, according to Christ Jesus;

⁶ that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ received you to the glory of God.

⁸ For I say that Christ became a minister to the circumcised for the sake of God's truth, in order to make sure the promises given to the fathers;

⁹ and that the gentiles glorified God for his mercy, as it is written, “For this cause I will give praise to thee among the gentiles, and sing to thy name.”

¹⁰ And again he saith: “Rejoice, ye gentiles, with his people.”

¹¹ And again: “Praise the Lord, all ye gentiles, and let every people praise him.”

¹² And again Isaiah saith: “There shall be the shoot from Jesse, and he that riseth up to rule the gentiles; in him shall the gentiles hope.”

¹³ And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ But I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are even of yourselves full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ But I have written to you, brethren, in a manner somewhat bold on some subjects, as putting you in mind, on account of the grace given me by God

¹⁶ that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to the gentiles, performing the office of a priest in respect to the gospel of God, that the oblation of the gentiles may be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ I have then ground for glorying in Christ Jesus in regard to the things pertaining m God.

¹⁸ For I will not be bold to say anything hut of what Christ hath actually wrought by me to bring the gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

¹ We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

² Let each of us please our neighbour for our neighbour's good, to help in the building up of their character.

³ Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him — ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’

⁴ Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

⁵ And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

⁶ so that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

⁷ Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.

⁸ For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God's truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfil the promises made to our ancestors,

⁹ and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says — ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you amongst the Gentiles and sing in honour of your name.’

¹⁰ And again it says — ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God's people.’

¹¹ And yet again — ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’

¹² Again, Isaiah says — ‘There will be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him will the Gentiles rest their hopes.’

¹³ May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, until you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ I am persuaded, my friends — yes, I Paul, with regard to you — that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.

¹⁵ But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly — by way of refreshing your memories —

¹⁶ because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be an assistant of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles — that I should act as a priest of God's good news, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles —

¹ We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves.

² Let each of us please our neighbor for our neighbor's good, to help in the building up of their character.

³ Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as scripture says of him — ‘The reproaches of those who were reproaching you fell upon me.’

⁴ Whatever was written in the scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope.

⁵ And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

⁶ so that with one heart and one voice you may praise the God and Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

⁷ Therefore always receive one another as friends, just as the Christ himself received us, to the glory of God.

⁸ For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God's truthfulness, has become a minister of the covenant of circumcision, so that he may fulfill the promises made to our ancestors,

⁹ and that the Gentiles also may praise God for his mercy. As scripture says — ‘Therefore will I make acknowledgment to you among the Gentiles and sing in honor of your name.’

¹⁰ And again it says — ‘Rejoice, you Gentiles, with God's people.’

¹¹ And yet again — ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’

¹² Again, Isaiah says — ‘There will be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him will the Gentiles rest their hopes.’

¹³ May God, who inspires our hope, grant you perfect happiness and peace in your faith, until you are filled with this hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ I am persuaded, my friends — yes, I Paul, with regard to you — that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.

¹⁵ But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly — by way of refreshing your memories —

¹⁶ because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be an assistant of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles — that I should act as a priest of God's good news, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ It is, then, through my union with Christ Jesus that I have a proud confidence in my work for God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of anything but what Christ has done through me to win the obedience of the Gentiles —

¹ Some of us are strong and trust God about these things, but other Christians are weak and worry about them a lot. We strong ones have to be easy on those other weak ones, and help them get strong. We have to think about the problems they have with these things. We can’t just do whatever makes us happy.

² No, we have to do whatever the others think is right, to help them get strong and trust God more.

³ Remember what Jesus Christ did for all of us. He didn’t just do things that made himself happy. No. He let those cheeky people say bad things about him, like we read in God’s book, “People said bad things about you, God, and they said those same bad things about me.”

⁴ A long time ago God got his men to write things in his book. He did this to teach us mob here today about God. As we think about those things that they wrote, God cheers us up and helps us keep going for him, and we know for sure that God will do everything he promised to do for us.

⁵ I want God, the Father of our leader, Jesus Christ, to do this for you. He is the one that can cheer people up and keeps them going. I’m asking him to help you follow Jesus Christ properly so that you all live happy together like one family. Then you will all thank him and say that he is really good.

⁷ So be friendly to each other, just like Jesus Christ is friendly to you. Then people will say that God is really good.

⁸ Remember this. Jesus Christ came here and worked for his own tribe, the Jewish people. A long time ago God promised some things to their elders, and later, Jesus came to show them that God will do what he promised.

⁹ And he came for the people that are not Jews too, to show them that God is good to them, so that they will thank him and tell everybody, “God is really good.” God got his men to write about this, and their words are in God's book. One of them wrote, “Alright God, I will tell all the people that are not Jews about you, And I will sing to you and say, ‘You are really great.’”

¹⁰ And another one of God's men wrote, “You mob that are not Jews can be happy, together with God’s people.”

¹¹ And another one of God's men wrote, “All you mob that are not Jews can say, ‘God is really great,’ And all the people everywhere can say, ‘God is really good.’”

¹² And another one of God’s men, called Isaiah, wrote, “A Jewish man from Jesse’s family will get up and he will be the leader of all the people that are not Jews. They will be sure about him and trust him.”

¹³ You see, you can be sure about God. So now I ask him to help you trust him properly, and to make you really happy, and really quiet and settled inside yourselves. Then you will be really sure that God will do everything that he said he will do. The Holy Spirit will use his power to do that.

¹⁴ My friends, I’m sure that you know these things that I tell you now in this letter. Before I started to write this letter I remembered that you are good people and that you know a lot, and you even teach each other about these things. But I got brave and started to write to you anyway, to get you to think a bit more about some of these things. God is good to me

¹⁶ and he picked me out to be a special worker for Jesus Christ. My job is to tell the good news about Jesus to you mob that are not Jews. Then God’s spirit works in you to make you good and right, and God is really happy with you. It is like I give you to God, like a really good present.

¹⁷ So I’m happy to tell everybody about things that Jesus Christ has helped me do in my work for God.

¹⁸ But I’m not happy to tell about things that I did just by myself. I just want to tell about whatever Jesus Christ did. He used me, but he is the one who did it. He got me to tell his true message to people that don’t know God, and his Holy Spirit got me to do powerful things too. After they heard my message and saw the things I did they turned around and believed God. I started to tell people in Jerusalem the good message about Jesus Christ and I kept telling people that message everywhere I went, right out to Illyricum.

¹ We which are stronge ought to beare the fraylnes of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne cosaytes.

² Let every man please his neghbour vnto his welth and edyfyinge.

³ For Christ pleased not him selfe: but as it is written. The rebukes of the which rebuked the fell one me.

⁴ Whatsoever thinges are written afore tyme are written for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte of the scripture myght have hope.

⁵ The God of pacience and consolacion geve vnto every one of you that ye be lyke mynded one towardes another after the insample of Christ:

⁶ that ye all agreynge together maye with one mouth prayse God the father of oure Lorde Iesus.

⁷ Wherfore receave ye one another as Christ receaved vs to the prayse of God.

⁸ And I saye that Iesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the trueth of god to conferme the promyses made vnto the fathers.

⁹ And let the gentyls prayse god for his mercy as it is written: For this cause I will prayse the amonge the gentyls and synge in thy name.

¹⁰ And agayne, he sayth: reioyse ye gentyles with his people.

¹¹ And agayne, prayse the Lorde all ye gentyls and laude him all nacions.

¹² And in another place Esaias sayth: ther shalbe the rote of Iesse and he that shall ryse to raygne over the gentyls: in him shall the gentyls trust.

¹³ The God of hope fyll you with all ioye and peace in belevynge: that ye maye be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holy goost.

¹⁴ I my selfe am full certified of you my brethren that ye youre selves are full of goodnes and filled with all knowledge and are able to exhorte one another.

¹⁵ Neverthelesse brethren I have some what boldly written vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce thorow the grace that is geven me of God

¹⁶ that I shuld be the minister of Iesu Christ amonge the gentyls and shuld minister the gladde tydynges of God that the gentyls myght be an acceptable offerynge sanctyfied by the holy goost.

¹⁷ I have therfore wherof I maye reioyse in Christ Iesu in tho thinges which pertayne to God.

¹⁸ For I dare not speake of eny of tho thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentyls obedient with worde and dede

¹ Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and ought not to please ourselves.

² Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, in order to build him up.

³ For even Christ did not please himself. Instead, it was just as it is written, “The insults of those who insulted you fell on me.”

⁴ For whatever was previously written was written for our instruction, in order that through patience and through encouragement of the scriptures we would have certain hope.

⁵ Now may the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with each other according to Christ Jesus.

⁶ May he do this in order that with one mind you may praise with one mouth the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Therefore receive one another, even as Christ also received you, to the praise of God.

⁸ For I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision on behalf of God's truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the fathers,

⁹ and for the Gentiles to glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing praise to your name.”

¹⁰ Again it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”

¹¹ And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples praise him.”

¹² Again, Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles will have hope.”

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace for believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will have hope.

¹⁴ I myself am also convinced about you, my brothers. I am convinced that also you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge. I am convinced that you are also able to exhort one another.

¹⁵ But I am writing more boldly to you about some things in order to remind you again, because of the grace given me by God.

¹⁶ This gift was that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus sent to the Gentiles, to offer as a priest the gospel of God. I should do this so that the offering of the Gentiles might become acceptable, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ In Christ Jesus I have reason to boast of my service for God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me for the obedience of the Gentiles. These are things done by word and action,

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 you to be of the 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,

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 neighbour 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 you to be of the 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 amongst 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,

¹ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

² Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.

³ For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

⁴ For whatever things were written formerly, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

⁵ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:

⁶ That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:

⁹ And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

¹² And again Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

¹³ Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And I myself also am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

¹⁵ Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly to you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me from God.

¹⁶ That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ I have therefore cause for glorying through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

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 Messiah 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 you to be of the same mind with one another according to Messiah Yeshua,

⁶ that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

⁷ Therefore accept one another, even as Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Messiah 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 Messiah Yeshua 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 Messiah Yeshua in things pertaining to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Messiah worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

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 neighbour for that which is good, to be building him up.

³ For even Messiah 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 you to be of the same mind with one another according to Messiah Yeshua,

⁶ that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

⁷ Therefore accept one another, even as Messiah also accepted you, to the glory of God.

⁸ Now I say that Messiah 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 amongst 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 Messiah Yeshua 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 Messiah Yeshua in things pertaining to God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Messiah worked through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

¹ But we firmer men owe to sustain or to bear up the feeblenesses of sick men, or unfirm in faith, and not to please to ourselves.

² Each of us please to his neigh-bour into good, to edification.

³ For Christ pleased not to himself, but, as it is written, The reproofs, or shames, of men despising thee, felled on me.

⁴ For whatever things be written, those be written to our teaching, that by patience and comfort of scriptures we have hope.

⁵ But God of patience and of solace give to you to understand the same thing, each into other, after Jesus Christ,

⁶ that ye of one will with one mouth worship God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ For which thing take ye together, as also Christ took you into the honour of God.

⁸ For I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of fathers.

⁹ And heathen men owe to honour God for mercy; as it is written, Therefore, Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee among heathen men, and I shall sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Ye heathen men, be ye glad or joy with his people.

¹¹ And again, All heathen men, praise ye the Lord; and all peoples, magnify ye him.

¹² And again Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, that shall rise up to govern heathen men, and heathen men shall hope in him.

¹³ And God of hope full-fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye increase or abound in hope and virtue of the Holy Ghost.

¹⁴ And, brethren, I myself am certain of you, that also ye be full of love, and ye be full-filled with all knowing or all science, so that ye may admonish each other.

¹⁵ And, brethren, more boldly I wrote to you a part, as bringing you into mind, for the grace that is given to me of God,

¹⁶ that I be the minister of Christ Jesus among heathen men. And I hallow the gospel of God, that the offering of heathen men be accepted or be made acceptable, and hallowed in the Holy Ghost.

¹⁷ Therefore I have glory in Christ Jesus to God.

¹⁸ For I dare not speak anything of those things, which Christ doeth not by me, into obedience of heathen men, in word and deeds,

¹ But we firmer men owe to sustain or to bear up the feeblenesses of sick men, or (those) unfirm in (the) faith, and not to please to ourselves. (But we stronger men ought to bear up the weakness of frail or weak men, or those unstable in the faith, and not to please ourselves.)

² Each of us please to his neighbour into good, to edification.

³ For Christ pleased not to himself (or For the Messiah did not please himself), but, as it is written, The reproofs of men despising thee, felled on me, or The reproofs, or shames, of men despising thee, fell on me.

⁴ For whatever things be written, those be written to our teaching, (so) that by (the) patience and (the) comfort of (the) scriptures we have hope.

⁵ But (the) God of patience and of solace give to you to understand the same thing, each into (the) other, after (the example of) Jesus Christ, (And may the God of patience and of solace help you to agree on matters, with one another, after the example of Jesus Christ,)

⁶ (so) that ye of one will with one mouth worship God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷ For which thing take ye together, as also Christ took you into the honour of God. (For which thing accept one another, as also the Messiah hath accepted you, for the honour or the glory of God.)

⁸ For I say, that Jesus Christ was a minister (or a servant) of (the) circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises of (the) fathers.

⁹ And (the) heathen men owe to honour God for mercy (or And the Gentiles ought to honour God for his mercy); as it is written, Therefore, Lord, I shall acknowledge to thee among (the) heathen men, and I shall sing to thy name.

¹⁰ And again he saith, Ye heathen men, be ye glad or (make) joy with his people. (And again it saith, Ye Gentiles, rejoice with his people!)

¹¹ And again, All heathen men, praise ye the Lord; and all peoples, magnify ye him. (And again, All the Gentiles, praise the Lord; yea, all the peoples, praise him.)

¹² And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, that shall rise up to govern heathen men, and heathen men shall (have) hope in him. (And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, that shall rise up to govern the Gentiles, and the Gentiles shall have hope in him.)

¹³ And God of hope full-fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye increase or ye abound in hope and virtue of the Holy Ghost. (And may the God of hope fill you full with all joy and peace by your believing, or by your faith in him, so that ye increase or abound in the hope and the power of the Holy Spirit.)

¹⁴ And, brethren, I myself am certain of you, that also ye be full of love, and ye be full-filled with all cunning, (or with all knowing), or with all science, so that ye may admonish each other. (And, brothers, I myself am certain about you, that ye also be full of love, and that ye be filled full with all knowledge, so that ye can admonish one another.)

¹⁵ And, brethren, more boldly I wrote to you a part, as bringing you into mind, for the grace that is given to me of God, (And, brothers, more boldly I wrote to you in part, as bringing you into remembrance, of the gift that is given to me by God,)

¹⁶ that I be the minister of Christ Jesus among heathen men. And I hallow the gospel of God, that the offering of heathen men be accepted or be made acceptable, and hallowed in the Holy Ghost. (that I be the servant of the Messiah Jesus among the Gentiles. And I consecrate the Gospel, or the Good News, of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles be made acceptable, and consecrated by the Holy Spirit.)

¹⁷ Therefore I have glory in Christ Jesus to God. (And so I have glory in the Messiah Jesus to God.)

¹⁸ For I dare not speak anything of those things, which Christ doeth not by me, into obedience of (the) heathen men, in word and deeds, (For I dare not say anything about those things, which the Messiah doeth not by me, to bring the Gentiles into obedience to God, by word and deed,)

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,'

¹⁰ and again it saith, 'Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

¹¹ and again, 'Praise the Lord, all ye nations; and laud Him, all ye peoples;'

¹² and again, Isaiah saith, 'There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations — upon him shall nations hope;'

¹³ and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁴ And I am persuaded, my brethren — I myself also — concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish;

¹⁵ and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,

¹⁶ for my being a servant of Jesus Christ to the nations, acting as priest in the good news of God, that the offering up of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷ I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

¹⁸ for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,