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

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

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

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3 f or even the Christ did not please himself, but, according as it hath been written, `The reproaches of those reproaching Thee fell upon me;'

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

4 f or, 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.

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

5 A nd 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;

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

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

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

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

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

8 A nd I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,

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

9 a nd 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,'

And 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.

10 a nd again it saith, `Rejoice ye nations, with His people;'

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

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

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

12 a nd again, Isaiah saith, `There shall be the root of Jesse, and he who is rising to rule nations -- upon him shall nations hope;'

And 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.

13 a nd 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.

Now 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.

14 A nd 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;

And 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.

15 a nd 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,

Nevertheless, 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,

16 f or 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.

That 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.

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

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

18 f or 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,

For 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,

19 i n 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;

Through 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.

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

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

21 b ut 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.'

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

22 W herefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

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

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

24 w hen 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.

Whensoever 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.

25 A nd, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

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

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

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

27 f or 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.

It 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.

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

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

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

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

30 A nd 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,

Now 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;

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

That 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;

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

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

33 a nd the God of the peace with you all. Amen.

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