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CHAPTER 15.
1 NOW we that are stronger, ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let every one of you please his neighbour unto good,
to edification.
3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it is
written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell upon me.
4 For what things soever were written, were written for
our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might
have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to
be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:
6 That with one mind, and with one mouth, you may
glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also hath
received you unto the honour of God.
8 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the
fathers.
9 But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his
mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the
Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.
10 And again he saith: Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with
his people.
11 And again: Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and
magnify him, all ye people.
12 And again Isaias saith: There shall be a root of
Jesse; and he that shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles
shall hope.
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace
in believing; that you may abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also, my brethren, am assured of you,
that you also are full of love, replenished with all knowledge, so that you are
able to admonish one another.
15 But I have written to you, brethren, more boldly in
some sort, as it were putting you in mind: because of the grace which is given
me from God.
16 That I should be the minister of Christ Jesus among
the Gentiles; sanctifying the gospel of God, that the oblation of the Gentiles
may be made acceptable and sanctified in the Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore glory in Christ Jesus towards God.
18 For I dare not to speak of any of those things which
Christ worketh not by me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
19 By the virtue of signs and wonders, in the power of
the Holy Ghost, so that from Jerusalem round about as far as unto Illyricum, I
have replenished the gospel of Christ.
20 And I have so preached this gospel, not where Christ
was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation.
21 But as it is written: They to whom he was not
spoken of, shall see, and they that have not heard shall understand.
22 For which cause also I was hindered very much from
coming to you, and have been kept away till now.
23 But now having no more place in these countries, and
having a great desire these many years past to come unto you,
24 When I shall begin to take my journey into Spain, I
hope that as I pass, I shall see you, and be brought on my way thither by you,
if first, in part, I shall have enjoyed you:
25 But now I shall go to Jerusalem, to minister unto
the saints.
26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to
make a contribution for the poor of the saints that are in Jerusalem.
27 For it hath pleased them; and they are their
debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual
things, they ought also in carnal things to minister to them.
28 When therefore I shall have accomplished this, and
consigned to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
29 And I know, that when I come to you, I shall come in
the abundance of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30 I beseech you therefore, brethren, through our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by the charity of the Holy Ghost, that you help me in your
prayers for me to God,
31 That I may be delivered from the unbelievers that
are in Judea, and that the oblation of my service may be acceptable in
Jerusalem to the saints.
32 That I may come to you with joy, by the will of God,
and may be refreshed with you.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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