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

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

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

Let each one of us please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification.

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

For the Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee fell on me.

4 F or 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.

For the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction that we, through patient endurance and through the comfort of the scriptures, might have hope.

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

¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to Christ Jesus,

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

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

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

¶ Therefore bear one another, as the Christ also bore us, to the glory of God.

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

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

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

but that the Gentiles glorify God by mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess thee among the Gentiles and sing unto thy name.

10 A nd again he says, Rejoice, nations, with his people.

And again he says, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

11 A nd again, Praise the Lord, all nations, and let all the peoples laud him.

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and magnify him, all the peoples.

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

And again, Isaiah says, There shall be a root of Jesse and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him the Gentiles shall wait for salvation.

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

¶ And believing, the God of hope fills you with all joy and peace that ye may abound in hope by the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

14 B ut 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.

¶ But I am convinced regarding you, my brethren, that even without my exhortation ye are full of charity, full of all knowledge, so as to be able to admonish one another.

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

Nevertheless I have written, brethren, in part boldly, as admonishing you by the grace that is given to me of God,

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

being the minister of Jesus Christ, to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be well pleasing, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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

¶ Therefore I have something to boast of in Christ Jesus, with regard to God.

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

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not wrought by me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, with word and with deed,

19 i n power of signs and wonders, in power of Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circuit round to Illyricum, have fully preached the glad tidings of the Christ;

with power of signs and wonders, in virtue of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum, I have filled the entire area with the gospel of the Christ.

20 a nd so aiming to announce the glad tidings, not where Christ has been named, that I might not build upon another's foundation;

And in this manner I preached this gospel, not where Christ had been named previously, not to build upon a foundation belonging to another,

21 b ut according as it is written, To whom there was nothing told concerning him, they shall see; and they that have not heard shall understand.

but, as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see, and those that have not heard shall understand.

22 W herefore also I have been often hindered from coming to you.

¶ For which reason I have even been hindered many times from coming to you.

23 B ut now, having no longer place in these regions, and having great desire to come to you these many years,

But now having more place in these parts and having a great desire these many years to come unto you,

24 w henever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)

when I leave for Spain, I will come unto you; for I trust to see you on my journey and to be taken there by you, if first I may enjoy your company.

25 b ut now I go to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

26 f or Macedonia and Achaia have been well pleased to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who in Jerusalem.

For it has pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem.

27 T hey have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.

It has pleased them verily, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they should also minister unto them in carnal things.

28 H aving finished this therefore, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will set off by you into Spain.

So that, when I have concluded this and have delivered unto them this fruit, I will come by you unto Spain.

29 B ut I know that, coming to you, I shall come in fulness of blessing of Christ.

For I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of the Christ.

30 B ut I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in prayers for me to God;

¶ But I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the charity of the Spirit, that ye help me with prayers to God for me,

31 t hat I may be saved from those that do not believe in Judaea; and that my ministry which for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;

that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judaea and that the offering of my service to the saints in Jerusalem may be accepted,

32 i n order that I may come to you in joy by God's will, and that I may be refreshed with you.

that I may come unto you with joy by the will of God and may be refreshed together with you.

33 A nd the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.