Romans 15 ~ Romans 15

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1 W e who are strong ought to bear with the failings and the frailties and the tender scruples of the weak; and not to please ourselves.

And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

2 L et each one of us make it a practice to please (make happy) his neighbor for his good and for his true welfare, to edify him.

for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, unto edification,

3 F or Christ did not please Himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches and abuses of those who reproached and abused you fell on Me.

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 F or whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by endurance and the encouragement from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope.

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 N ow may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

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 T hat together you may with united hearts and one voice, praise and glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

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

7 W elcome and receive one another, then, even as Christ has welcomed and received you, for the glory of God.

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

8 F or I tell you that Christ (the Messiah) became a servant and a minister to the circumcised (the Jews) in order to show God’s truthfulness and honesty by confirming (verifying) the promises to our fathers,

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 A nd that the Gentiles (nations) might glorify God for His mercy to them. As it is written, Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles and sing praises to Your name.

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 A gain it is said, Rejoice (exult), O Gentiles, along with His people;

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

11 A nd again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him!

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

12 A nd further Isaiah says, There shall be a Sprout from the Root of Jesse, He Who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles hope.

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 M ay the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.

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 P ersonally I am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are rich in goodness, amply filled with all knowledge and competent to admonish and counsel and instruct one another also.

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 S till on some points I have written to you the more boldly and unreservedly by way of reminder. because of the grace (the unmerited favor) bestowed on me by God

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 I n making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I act in the priestly service of the Gospel (the good news) of God, in order that the sacrificial offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, consecrated and made holy by the Holy Spirit.

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 n Christ Jesus, then, I have legitimate reason to glory (exult) in my work for God.

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

18 F or I will not venture (presume) to speak thus of any work except what Christ has actually done through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed,

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,

19 w ith the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Holy Spirit. that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety.

in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

20 T hus my ambition has been to preach the Gospel, not where Christ’s name has already been known, lest I build on another man’s foundation;

and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named -- that upon another's foundation I might not build --

21 B ut as it is written, They shall see who have never been told of Him, and they shall understand who have never heard.

but according as it hath been written, `To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

22 T his is the reason why I have so frequently been hindered from coming to visit you.

Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

23 B ut now since I have no further opportunity for work in these regions, and since I have longed for enough years to come to you,

and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

24 I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be aided on my journey there by you, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.

25 F or the present, however, I am going to Jerusalem to bring aid (relief) for the saints (God’s people there).

And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

26 F or it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the saints of Jerusalem.

for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who in Jerusalem;

27 T hey were pleased to do it; and surely they are in debt to them, for if these Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, then they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

28 W hen therefore I have completed this mission and have delivered to them what has been raised, I shall go on by way of you to Spain.

This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

29 A nd I know that when I do come to you, I shall come in the abundant blessing of the Gospel of Christ.

and I have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

30 I appeal to you, brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love the Spirit, to unite with me in earnest wrestling in prayer to God in my behalf.

And I call upon you, brethren, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in the prayers for me unto God,

31 t hat I may be delivered (rescued) from the unbelievers in Judea and that my mission of relief to Jerusalem may be acceptable and graciously received by the saints (God’s people there),

that I may be delivered from those not believing in Judea, and that my ministration, that for Jerusalem, may become acceptable to the saints;

32 S o that by God’s will I may subsequently come to you with joy (with a happy heart) and be refreshed in your company.

that in joy I may come unto you, through the will of God, and may be refreshed with you,

33 M ay peace-giving God be with you all! Amen (so be it).

and the God of the peace with you all. Amen.