Romans 15 — EMTV

Bearing Others' Burdens

15Verse 1We then who are strong are obligated to bear with the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.^{Verse 2}Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.^{Verse 3}For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those reproaching You fell on Me.”^{Verse 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.^{Verse 5}Now may the God of patience and encouragement grant you to be like-minded among one another, according to Christ Jesus,^{Verse 6}so that you may with one accord and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorify God Together

^{Verse 7}Therefore receive one another, just as also Christ received you, to the glory of God.^{Verse 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,^{Verse 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.”^{Verse 10}And again he says:
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”^{Verse 11}And again:
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Praise Him, all you peoples!”^{Verse 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.”^{Verse 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.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 15}And I write more boldly to you brothers, in part, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,^{Verse 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.^{Verse 17}Therefore I have something to boast of in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God.^{Verse 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—^{Verse 19}in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.^{Verse 20}And so eagerly striving to evangelize not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon the foundation of another,^{Verse 21}but as it is written: “To whom He was not announced, they shall see, and those who have not heard shall understand.”

Plan to Visit Rome

^{Verse 22}For this reason I also have been hindered many times from coming to you.^{Verse 23}But now no longer having a place in these regions, and having a longing to come to you for many years,^{Verse 24}whenever I travel to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope while traveling through to see you, and to be sent forward there by you, if I may be filled in part from you first.^{Verse 25}But now I am traveling to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints.^{Verse 26}For Macedonia and Achaia thought it good to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.^{Verse 27}For they thought it good, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles shared in spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.^{Verse 28}Therefore, having finished and having sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain.^{Verse 29}But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.^{Verse 30}Now I beseech you, brothers, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in prayers to God on my behalf,^{Verse 31}that I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,^{Verse 32}so that in joy I may come to you through the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.^{Verse 33}Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.