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

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

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

Let 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.

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

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

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

For 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.

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

Now 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,

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

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

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

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

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

For 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,

9 A nd 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.

And 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.

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

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

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

And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him!

12 A nd 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.

And 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.

13 N ow 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.

May 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.

14 A nd 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.

Personally 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.

15 N evertheless, 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,

Still 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

16 T hat 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.

In 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.

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

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

18 F or 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,

For 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,

19 T hrough mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

with 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.

20 Y ea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

Thus 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;

21 B ut as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

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

22 F or which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

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

23 B ut now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;

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

24 W hensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.

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.

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

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

26 F or it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.

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

27 I t hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

They 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.

28 W hen therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

When 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.

29 A nd I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

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

30 N ow I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

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.

31 T hat I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;

that 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),

32 T hat I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.

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

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

May peace-giving God be with you all! Amen (so be it).