1 ¶ We then that are stronger ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not 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 please his neighbour in that which is good, unto edification.

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

3 F or the Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those that reproached thee 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 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.

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 ¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be unanimous among yourselves according to 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 ye may with one accord and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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

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

8 N ow I say that Christ Jesus, was a minister of the circumcision, by the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the 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 b ut 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.

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

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

11 A nd again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and magnify him, all the peoples.

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

12 A nd 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.

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 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.

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 ¶ 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.

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 N evertheless I have written, brethren, in part boldly, as admonishing you by the grace that is given to me of 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 b eing 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.

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

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

18 F or 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,

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 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.

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

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, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see, and those that have not heard shall understand.

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

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

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

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

24 w hen 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.

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 B ut now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

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

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

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

27 I t 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.

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

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

29 F or I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of the 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 ¶ 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,

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

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

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

33 N ow the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

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